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called the Pilecmayo, continuing as its
western boundary line. The Paraguay
river itself is navigable for twelve hum
dred miles. and the PilcomayO about as
1ar-almost to the mountains OF Bolivia.
And, by the way, there is q project on
foot for the removal of a few obstacles
(which, it is said, engineering skill can
easily oyereonel, in order to render the
Pilcomayo an outlet to the Atlantic
coast for the rich products Of Bolivia.
Ever since Chilli appropriated Bolivia's
bit of Pacific coast the latter country
has been seeking a new highway to the
sea; and now she seems to have found
1t by long way round to the other
ocean. The Pilcomayo has two or three
important affiuents, but along its whole
course there is only one city, Chuquisa-
ga pronounced Chew-key-sack-ak) a
place of considerable Importance.
In this connection the well-knoWn
writer, Mr., w. E. Curtis, says: Who
ever obtains control of these natural
lines of communication, and supple
ments them by railway. will hold the
key to the treasures or the heart of
South America, whose value has fur
nished food for three centuries Of fable.
A section of country larger than that
which lies between the Mississippi river
and the Rocky Mountains remains
practically UNEMPLOYED. On its borders
are rich agricultural lands, Inc ranges,
unmeasured resources of timber, the d.
amond-f fields Of Brazil, the goldsand sill
Yer mines Of Peru and Bolivia. What
exists in that unknown region is mat
ter of speculation, but the farther man
has penetrated the greater has been his
wonder. The tales of explorers who.
have gone in a little way sound like q
recital of the old romances of Golconda
and Ell Dorado: but the swamps and
the mountains, the rivers which cannot
be forded and the jungles which forbid
its search, the absence of food and the
difficulty Of carrying supplies, with the
other obstacles which now prevent ex-
ploration, will eventually all be over
come and the secret which has tanta-
lied the world for three centuries will
be disclosed.
al few hours out from MonteYideo we
passed close to the rocky island named
Martin Garcia " otherwise known as
THE Gibraltar Ok the River Plate
which is about two miles long and
rises one hundred and thirty feet
straight out Of the water. It commands
the entrance to the Uruguay river, and
also to the clearwater channel Of the
Parana, and has Qualifications upon 1t
and a naval school. 1t formerly be-
longed to Uruguay, lying within two
miles Of that shore and about thirty
from the Argentine side: but while
ago Argentina annexed 1t to prevent
its falling into the hands of the Brazil
ians.
Then we came to the delta Of the Pa
rama, twenty miles wide and extending
three hundred miles up the river, which
contains hundreds OF islands some
sWampy, others extremely fertile,
planted with peach and poplar trees.
the homes Of market gardeners whose
products are sent to Mortevideo and
Buenos Ayres. Many Of the islands are
covered with long eeather-grass and
w-groWing scarlet -foWered eeibo
ubshes, where innumerable water
fowls breed. Fhe Parana has two
channels, the ahalloWer one, known as
Parana de las Palmas, being available
only for vessels Of light draught, and
the other, Parana- GuazlI. for ocean
steamers. We took the Palmas channel
and passed many tiourishfng new
towns on the islands or mainland, mo-
tably Can1pana, zarate, San Pedro and
Baradero, the principal business Of
whose people seems to be preserving
beef and shipping Greenwood. At Cam
pana a good deal Of rum is made, and
at zarate there IS a large paper mill.
and a government arsenal.
About two hundred and fifty miles
above Monteyidso is San Nicolas, a
busy town on the right hand Of the
river, with a population Of thirty thou-
sand or Whereabouts and d considerable
trade, as evidenced BY the number Of
ocean steamers anchored off the port
and the lighters and schooners laden
with wheat and flour. AT this point
the stream measures sixteen hundred
yards across, with q depth Of seventy
feet and current OF three miles an
hour. The water Is the color Of strong
EOlLGS,~ anu Tine lett Dirk Is &SIilI #llH6ul
with marshy islands, covered with
coarse grass ana ceiho bushes and
sWarmed with wild fowl. on the right
hand the shore rises in series Of steep.
bluffs. AT length we reached Rosario
de Santa Re, a town of over fifty thou-
sand inhabitants, the great emporium
Of the trade Of the inland provinces be-
tween the Parana and the Andes. 1t
occupies a bluff eighty feet above the
water and is three hundred and TWEEN
ty-five miles from Montevideo by the
river, though barely two hundred miles
overland. Its vast warehouses and
Wharyes covered with merchandise, its
mills with tall chimneys, and the long
chutes that coney grain from the tops
of the bluffs directly into the holds Of
waiting vessels, and the number OF
steamers moored among innumerables
red buoys, all bespeak plenty Of bust
ness. Going ashore, we found an enor-
nous cathedral with big dome like an
extinguisher atop; white succeed
houses of one story, laid out at precise
right angles; tramWays running in ev-
cry direction. and a central plaza
adorned with ,50tih1a rows nf ara ein