CHAPTER VIII

AGRICULTURE 199 Area under Cultivation—Oases in the Desert—Farming in Central Chile—Vineyards—Wheatfields, Orchards and Sheepfarms—Irrigation Canals.

FOREST AND WOODLAND 220 Extent—Beech, Conifer and Bamboo—Trees in Northern and Central Chile—Plantations.

COMMERCE 226 Home Factories—Chilean Market Needs—Sales to Foreign Countries—Foreign Firms in Chile—Trade-marks.

TRANSPORT SYSTEMS 243 Railroads—The Transandine Line—Sea Transport—Rivers and Lakes—Roads.

FINANCE 272 Conversion Fund—Currency—Debts—Public Revenues.

CHILE’S NAVAL POSITION 283 Chile and the World War—Strength of the Chilean Navy—The Army.

IMMIGRATION 291 The First Immigrants of the South—Araucanian Lands.

CHILEAN LITERATURE 298 Conditions of Authorship—Historians—Politicians, Engineers and Novelists—The Society Novel—Realistic School—Poets.

NATIVE RACES OF CHILE 309 Inca Control—Racial Divisions—The Southern Tribes—Araucanians—Race Mixture—Archæology.

EASTER ISLAND 322 A Lost Culture—Fate of the Islanders—The Statues—The Bird Cult—Wooden Carvings.