[322] =original como pocos=, lit., _original as few_; trans., _unique in its originality_. [323] =nos encontramos hasta tener=, _we went along till we had_. [324] =El _Salto_=. Reference to the falls of the river Mapocho, in the province of Santiago, Chile. [325] =formas redondas dadas contra la voluntad del granito=, _round shapes assumed despite the resistance of the granite_. [326] "=la gota horada la piedra, _non vi sed saepe cadendo_=." The whole Latin expression is "_non vi sed saepe cadendo gutta cavat lapidem_". Trans., "_not through violence but by constant dripping a drop of water hollows stone_." Ovid's _Epistolae ex Ponto_, IV, 60, 5. [327] =Cambray=, city in northern France, also spelled Cambrai; famous for its manufactories of cloth, from which we get the English word _cambric_. [328] =fábrica de Monpelas=, a firm in France, famous for its perfumes and soaps. [329] =y de ella=, _i.e._, =de la lucha=, in 139, 18. [330] (=no puede por menos=), trans., (_without a doubt_). [331] "=soñar e imaginar con desaliño=", "_to dream and give free rein to the imagination_". [332] =El camino a vapor=, _The railroad_. [333] =el Valdivia, el Hernán Cortés, el Pizarro=, names of Spanish _conquistadores_; the first conquered Chile and died in combat against the Araucanian Indians; the second conquered Mexico, despite the opposition of his own countrymen under Narváez, who had been sent to capture Cortés for disobeying orders; Pizarro conquered Peru. Cf. 2, 6. [334] =en manos de los misioneros=. Reference to the missionaries who always accompanied Spanish expeditions. One of the hard things in history is to reconcile the cruelty of the _conquistadores_ and the gentle, patient endeavor of the missionaries to convert the Indians to Christianity. [335] =elementos antiguos=, allusion to belief in the elements, air, fire, earth, water, by the ancient philosophers of Greece. [336] =está llamada=. The subject is =la ciencia de la mecánica=, 141, 6. [337] =Anfiones=. Amphion, a Theban prince, was reputed to have built Thebes by charming the stones into their places with his lyre. [338] =el fiat=, _the will_. [339] =La América=. The definite article may be used in Spanish before the name of a continent or country for personification. [340] =las columnas de ningún Hércules=. The pillars of Hercules is the name applied to the Strait of Gibraltar in Greek mythology. Hercules, among his other feats, separated the mountains Calpe, the promontory of Gibraltar in Spain, and Ábila, ancient name of a mountain in Morocco. Calpe and Ábila are the pillars of Hercules. Previous to Columbus' time, it was thought that these pillars were the end of the world and the barrier to exploration. [341] =la tierra... California=, _i.e._, from Tierra del Fuego (_land about the Straits of Magellan_) to upper California.