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Title: The earth and its inhabitants ..
Identifier: earthitsinhabita293recl (find matches)
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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TOPOGEAPHY OF PAEAGUAY. 817 and preached the gospel to the Guarani nation. The legend is probably of Jesuit origin, for Paraguari was one of the missions founded by the Company of Jesus, which here possessed immense herds of cattle. At present the district, which is studded with numerous villages and farmsteads, occupies itself mainly with tillao-e; its inhabitants have even developed some local industries, such as the fabrkation of oils, sugar-making, and the preparation of starch. The women in Fig. 134.—Asuncion—Street View.
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several of the villages are skilful lace-makers; the people of Ita manufacture earthenware, which is forwarded to the Buenos Ayres market, and those of Yaguaron extract the essence of orange flowers. San Bernardino, the most important colony founded by the Government, has been established in the district north of the lake, on the slopes and in the valleys of the Cordillera de Altos. Most of the settlers, who are of German origin, devote themselves to stock-breeding, brewing, and dairy-farming, making cheese, and

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