The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-10-06

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''op'oi'c' except little strip along the
/ river margins, is unbrokcn forests backed
ny mountain ranges and what lies behind
the mountains no civilized human he;no
! knows. At least one fifth of R,.,7iI Il va
"s compete a terra incognta as the heart
o1 Africa without Stanley. and one third
is an untrodden tropical jungle in which
| "hlie men could not possibly live during
greater part OF the yeal-where huge
snakes and wild beasts and venomous in
sects abound, where every bush has a poi
sohous thorn. every flower a deadly fra.
GRANGE and every creeping and tlying crea-
lure dangerous sting The great river
ana its atfiuents drains AN area of :. 3OO.
wv square miles, and the annual inunda-
ton is more wonderful than that Of the
Nile. If the flood comes suddenly, the
| traveller, drifting safely along mid stream
III one OF the regular steamers. NAV see
! trees occupied by enormous serpcnts.
beasts and birds all hostilities temperate
+ ly suspended between natural enemies by
/ the common peril Of the tieluge.
Baron Humboldt says ot it. If the name
of primeNal forest can properly be given
To my spot on the face Of the earth, it is
Tie basin OF the Amazon. There is a sea
OF Neriurc in which one may draw circle
twelve hundred miles III diameter. which
includes an always green, unbroken forest.
The variety Of grand AND beautiful trees
is bewildemng It Wild race of vegetable
| giants all draped fcStuoned. corded. mat
ted and ribboncd with climbing ana creep
ing plants in endless variety But these
tangled forests offer bar to civilization
almost as great as the steliltv Of the Afri
can deserts.
This part of Brazil known a, the ANA
zones district, dts name derived from the
all-pervading river, which has Para for
its capital, is indeed a Wonderland. Its
soil is 50 extremely fertile that the great
difficulty i'll making any agricultural use
of it is to repress nature, and it requires
eternal vigilance to prevent cultivated land
from going back TO primcval forests. From
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production OF India rubber is imported :;
and though its rich territory covers an
area equal III extent to all thar part Of
tile lnltCd states east of the Rocky Noun
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