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Title: The new international encyclopaedia
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908 Peck, Harry Thurston, 1856-1914 Colby, Frank Moore, 1865-1925
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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nd valley is virgin forests with majestic trees,tangled lianas, and brilliant flowers; among theforests are interspersed wide tracts of pasturagecovered with tall grass, and pindo and mbocayapalms crowning many hills. There are alsogroves of orange trees whose fruitage never fails,clumps of bananas, and the large bush of thetimbo, a leguminous plant. The Chaco, west ofthe river, on the other hand, presents the bareaspect of a heath occasionally marshy or dottedover with yatais palms; on rising ground thrivedense quebracho forests. The excellence of Para-guayan titnber, both for Iniilding and cabinet-mak-ing, is far-famed. The density of many of thesewoods is so great that they will not float; butlighter woods, such as are needed for ordinarycarpenter work, are not lacking. The forestsalso supply dyestuffs and many medicinal plants.Perhaps the most characteristic vegetable ))rod-uct is matf, which grows in the forest*, is culti-vated on plantations, and is the leading articleof export.
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COPTRIOHT, 1WW, Br D PABAGUAY. 327 PARAGUAY. Fauna. Among tlie wild animals are tliejaguar, the most formidable of the earuivora,the American lion or puma (which, however, isfar more common in Argentina), the tiger cat,the marten, polecat, tapir, peeeaiy, and deer.Saurians swarm throughout the country. Thealligator of tlie Parana is strong and large, butnot so tierce as that of the Amazon. Though thevenomous snakes include the rattlesnake, viper,and cobra, few cases of snake-bite occur, largelybecause of the great caution of the Paraguayans.The boas are enormous, but singularly inofien-sive. Paraguay can boast of some of tlie mostbeautiful birds in the world. No family is un-represented, from the enormous wading birds tothe tiniest of humming-birds. In the wildernessflies, gnats, and other pests are very annoying,but, strange to say, they give little trouble in thecultivated districts. Geology. Broadly speaking, limestones pre-dominate in Northern Paraguay as far south aslatitude 22°

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