Compendium of the Natural and Civil History of Chile

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I also advise original: Advierto (the first syllable is missing in this transcription) that the brief Dictionary of Chilean words The "Chilean language" referred to here is Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche people. relating to the objects described in this work, which follows the fourth book, has been compiled by me for the illustration of the History and to please those who enjoy foreign languages; these readers will find the generic terms of the Chilean language noted in the margins.

TRANSLATOR’S NOTE.

The motives that moved this erudite American Spaniard Juan Ignacio Molina was a Jesuit priest born in Chile; he is often called "the first scientist of Chile." to undertake this work are the same as those that have moved the translator to publish it in Spanish. Italy, France, and Germany have received this Compendium with great applause, each translating it into their own language and heaping praise upon the author who has facilitated their knowledge of that marvelous country; and so we hope that the scholars of Spain, who are more closely interested