It is probable that much of the snow at these great heights is evaporated, rather than thawed.) The land from the southward of Chiloe to near Concepcion (latitude 37 degrees) is hidden by one dense forest dripping with moisture.

The sky is cloudy, and we have seen how badly the fruits of southern Europe succeed.

In central Chile, on the other hand, a little northward of Concepcion, the sky is generally clear, rain does not fall for the seven summer months, and southern European fruits succeed admirably; and even the sugar-cane has been cultivated.
(11/12.

Miers's "Chile" volume 1 page 415.

It is said that the sugar-cane grew at Ingenio, latitude 32 to 33 degrees, but not in sufficient quantity to make the manufacture profitable.