ABSTRACT
On January the 15th we sailed from Lowe’s Harbour, and three days afterwards anchored a second time in the bay o f S. Carlos in Chiloe. On the night o f the 19th the volcano o f Osorno was in activity. At midnight the sentry observed something like a large star; from which state the bright spot gradually increased in size till about three o’clock, when a very magnificent spectacle was presented. By the aid o f a glass, dark objects, in constant succession, were seen, in the midst o f a great red glare o f light, to be thrown upwards and to fall down again. The light was sufficient to cast on the water a long bright reflection. By the morning the volcano1 had resumed its tranquillity.
