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Title: From East Prussia to the Golden Gate
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Lecouvreur, Frank, 1829-1901 Lecouvreur, Josephine Rosana Behnke, Julius Camillus, 1859-
Subjects: Voyages to the Pacific coast Ethnic groups Mines and mineral resources Agriculture Business
Publisher: New York, Los Angeles, Cal., Angelina book concern (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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mountains, notwithstanding the fre-quent showers. The weather became pleasant and steadyabout the Sunday following. The night before wasmarked by the departure of those passengers who desiredto remain in Valdivia and as I was very anxious to seethat city I joined the travelers, among whom was Griin-hagen. We rented a boat and the five of us, accompaniedby a young merchant named Uhtemann, who had been inValdivia about a year, left the Victoria at nine oclockin the morning of Sunday, the twelfth. Our way led upthe broad and deep Rio Valdivia, which bears the nameCalla-calle after passing the city. The high rocky banksare covered with impenetrable forests which rarely showa mark of ax or fire. Here and there in caves we sawscattered a few huts and block-houses, the dwellings ofChilean wood choppers (peones) or of newly immigratedGerman colonists. Further up and particularly begin-ning where the Rio Graces empties its waters into theValdivia, about three-fourths of a mile below the city,
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«wn o HU . Oj -c a-• ~ 4* ^ = x :-.:J q THE OCEAN VOYAGE 137 the country becomes more level, while the coast cordillera seemingly runs aside from the river bed; however, onesees neither here nor in the immediate vicinity of the citycultivated ground worth mentioning, as in most placesnothing has been done but rough tree cutting, whereofthe stumps remained standing. About one oclock in the afternoon we arrived in Val-divia. The town did not impress me as being particularlyforeign in its build. There were about two hundred andfifty to three hundred one-story wooden houses scatteredin disorder, mostly covered with shingles, rarely withstraw; few had glass windows. The streets were all with-out paving or grading and ran up and down, owing tothe fact that the town is built upon uneven ground. Mosthouses have some kind of a nursery attached, which like-wise contains a few vegetable and flower beds; rosebushes and apple trees were already in full bloom. Thewhole place bore the appearance

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