In the preface to the second volume of his history of Chile Molina affirms that when he undertook that work he had in his possession the first volume of Olivares’ manuscript, and that he was in constant expectation of receiving from Peru the second volume, but that this volume, on which he had confidently relied, he had never received, and in consequence he had been compelled to seek from various other sources the information which it would have furnished. Although Molina lived long in Chile, and wrote the geographical, natural, and civil history of that country, his work was originally published in Italian. The first part, treating of natural history, was issued in Bologna in 1782. A Spanish translation appeared in Madrid in 1788. The second part, treating of the civil history, appeared several years later. Like Olivares and the other Jesuits, he was expelled from America in 1767. [Sidenote: Vidaurre’s _Historia de Chile_] Another contemporary writer who suffered the same fate was Felipe Gómez de Vidaurre. As in the case of Molina, Bologna became Vidaurre’s residence in exile, and here he wrote his _Historia geográfica, natural y civil del reino de Chile_, the imperfection of which is in a large measure due to the fact that he wrote at a distance from the scenes he described, and without the documentary and other requisite authorities. Vidaurre’s work is divided into eleven books, the first relates to geography, the second, third, and fourth to natural history, and the others treat of political events. Critics appear to have found this book not without merit, but not equal in merit to the writings of Olivares and Molina. V [Sidenote: Dionisio de Alcedo y Herrera] [Sidenote: Dionisio de Alcedo’s works]