BINZER, August Daniel von, German author: b. Kiel, 30 May 1793; d. Reisze, 20 March 1868. He studied law at the universi ties of Kiel and Jena, after which he was both teacher and newspaper editor for some years. Among his works are (Die Dammerungsstun den der Familie Abert) (Altona 1833) ; (Vene dig im Jahr 1844) (Pest 1845) ; a German trans lation of Benjamin Franklins' (Autobiography and Writings' (Kiel 1829) ; (Erzahlungen und Novelle& (in collaboration with his wife, under the pseudonym IA. T. Beer," 3 vols., Leipzig 1836), He is also the author of several songs still popular in Germany, among them one beginning with the line aWir hatten gebauet ein stattliches Haus?) be'6-be'6, Chile, an eastern prov ince with Concepci6n on the north, the Argen tine territory of Neuquen on the east, Malleco and Cautin on the south, and Arauco on the west. Its area is 4,158 square miles. The
rainfall is rather excessive and the variations in temperature are somewhat extreme. There are three departments, La Taja, Mulchen and Nacimiento. The capital of the province is Los Angeles, situated in the Central or Longi tudinal Valley (see CHILE) on the banks of a tributary of the Bio-Bio River. It is a mountainous province, with moderately high peaks and good valleys. Viticulture is carried on in the north; there are herds of cattle on the pastures; the cereals are cultivated and the forests exploited. Pop. over 100,000.
the largest river of Chile. It has a west-northwesterly course of about 200 miles, from near the volcano of Antuco in the Andes to Concepcion on the Pacific Ocean. It is two miles wide at its tnouth, and is navi gable for 100 miles.