The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-09

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canoe is half full of these broken
eggs. water is poured in and the whole
is left in the heat of the tropical sun
after a short time the oily matter OF
the eggs rises to the surface, when II
is SKINNED off and clarified. 1t then
looks like butter and is used as such
by the Indians and some of the other
natives. 1t is said hat several hun
dred millions Of turtle eggs are thus
gathered every year in the Amazon
basin.
But come with me aud let us take
a trip to the Parana system from the
mouth Of the Rio de la Plata, between
Uruguay and Argentina, and on
through Paraguay to where former
President Roosevelt will leave the
river, in Matte Crosse, Brazil. We
shall start at Buenos Aires. 1t is A
city bigger than Philadelphia and it
has as fine buildings as Chicago. Our
teamer is a side-wheeler and it will
take us more than twelve hundred
miles up the stream.
During the first days voyage we
steam past the mouth Of the Uurugay
river and then go into the Parana.
The word Parana mean the mother
Of the sea-" and this river system
drains a large part Of eastern South
America. We sail up it to where the
Paraguay flows in or as far as from
New York to Cleveland. This part Of
the stream is from one to three miles
in width and it carries a great volume
of water. It has the whole OF the
Paraguay system, as we'll as that Of
the upper Parana, which flows about
sixteen hundred miles through Bra
zl before it reaches the mouth Of the
Paraguay. 1t is one Of the branches
of this part Of the Parana that lies
| the TIC oo ~o LNo n of CO,fH A ~oorioO
They are far in the interior, but they
can be reached, and it is probable that
ex-President Roosevelt will go to
them. The falls are wider than either
the Zambesi Falls or Niagara, and
the river makes a leap which is thirty
or forty feet more than that Of Mag
ara Falls, and it is said hat the spec
tacle is equally grand.
All the way up the Parana to the
Paraguay we pass floating islands.
The floods tear the vegetation away
from the banks and great masses OF
grass n trees go floating down
stream. Sometimes one sees an alliga-
tor lying on the shores Of n Of these
islands, and wild animals are often
carried Of them out of the, wilds into
the regions Of comparatively thick
population.
This trip up the Parana takes one
III tIC HI l LoIlC
| in which Argentina lies, and on into
the tropics. The vegetation grows
more dense as you go thw
Great vines and lianaS bind together
!. the trees, and as the steamer moves
: along the banks you can see birds O.
brilliant plumage, including knocking
tOucans and shrieking parrots. There
are plenty OF monkeys almost every
where in the Wilds of Paraguay ant
Brazil, and S o many %alligators that
often mistoOk them for logs lying OF
: the banks Of the stream.
. After entering the Paraguay yol
pass frequent orange groves, and a
+ the towns there are piles Of orange
q lying on the ground near the wharve
waiting to be loaded upon the steam
7 ers which will lake them down t,
/ Buenos Aires. In Paraguay the or
j anges grow wild in the woods, though
the trees are probably from seed
II which have been dropped by birds.
# Ex-PreSident Roosevelt will un
d doubtedly stop at Asuncion. the capi
tai Of Paraguay. This is a most in
teresting city Of about $4,000, lyin
) right on the bank Of the river.
Il is there that he will change, TO tn
Il smaller steamer which will carry hir
northward into Matte Crosse, an
Is go on into the wilds. His trip as ia
DIS Guyana VIII be over the route tray
II eled by Capt. Thomas Page Of GU
navy. He was the first man to tax
~ a steam launch into that region. an
II is now more. than fifty years sine
IN ne made his Way from the Atlanti
a ocean for 1900 miles up the Paran
IS ana Paraguay system. There are no,
9 little mail steamers leaving Asuncio
a. twice a month for Cuyaba, and it
lS likely that Mr.. Roosevelt will 90 mort
10 upon one of these.
OF He might enter the Pilcomav
We near Asuncion, and make his way u
eS the highlands Of Bolivia into II
d Amazon, but there are no steamer
ne and the upper portions of the riv.
ID have not yet been explored. Indee
= 1T is safe to say that he viii go mort
ie into Matte Crosse. and probably on
ie fit for the widest part of his trip ;
Cuyaba.
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