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cultivated than the lemon guava. being more 

 acid. The strawberry guava, bearing a. small, 

 claret-colored fruit, is excellent for preserves. 



GUELPHS AND GHIBELLINES 



GUAVA 



Fruit and cross section of same, and leaves of 

 the tree. 



GUAYAQUIL, gwah ya keel' , the chief sea- 

 port of the republic of Ecuador, on the Pacific 

 coast of South America. Through that city 

 over $15,000,000 worth of exports pass each 

 year, consisting chiefly of cacao, coffee, Panama 

 hats, ivory nuts, gold, silver, quinine and hides. 

 The imports through the port exceed $7.000.000 

 yearly. 



Guayaquil is situated on the west bank of 

 the River Guayas, forty miles above its en- 

 trance into the Gulf of Guayaquil. It lies on 

 a low plain and is divided into two parts. The 

 old part is a quaint place of crooked, unpaved 

 streets, and at the water's edge merchants dis- 

 play their wares in canoes. The new part con- 

 tains the residences of the well-to-do people 

 and the most important places of business. 

 The chief buildings are the cathedral, univer- 

 sity, bishop's palace, town hall and hospitals. 

 Through a lack of good drinking water and the 

 presence of marshes behind the town, Guaya- 

 quil has been a place of fever, but sanitary 

 improvements were started in 1913. 



A railway from Duraii. opposite Guayaquil. 

 brings this seaport, into touch with Quito, the 

 capital of Ecuador, 165 miles northeast, high 

 in the mountains. Telephones and electric cars 

 facilitate communication among the popula- 

 tion of about, 80.000. as, estimated in 1910. 

 Telegraph wires and cables connect Guayaquil 

 with other parts of the country and the world, 

 and steamships from all countries enter its 

 port. Boats running for short distances on the 

 Guayas River and its branches Connect Guaya- 

 quil with the surrounding country. Its har- 

 bor is well protected by a breakwater. Its 

 shipyards rank among the best on the west 

 coast of South America. In addition to ship- 

 ping activities, Guayaquil has sawmills, sugar 

 refineries, cotton and woolen mills, a foundry 

 and a brewery, and soap, cigars, chocolate, ice, 

 soda-water and liquors are manufactured. M .s. 



GUELPH, gwelj, the county town of Well- 

 ington County, Ontario, an important manu- 

 facturing, distributing and educational center 

 in the central part of the Ontario peninsula. 

 It is on the Speed River, which here falls 

 thirty feet and provides abundant power. 

 Railway service is offered by the Grand Trunk 

 and Canadian Pacific railways, which connect 

 Guelph with Toronto, forty-eight miles east, 

 Kitchener (formerly Berlin), fourteen miles 

 west, and other points. Hamilton is twenty- 

 eight miles overland to the southeast. Guelph 

 was founded in 1827 by John Gait, the novelist, 

 and was incorporated in 1877. Population in 

 1911, 15,175; in 1916, estimated, 18,000. 



Guelph is the seat of the Ontario Agricultural 

 College, the oldest and most famous school of 

 its kind in Canada; its students, who number 

 about 1,200, come from all parts of the world. 

 In connection with the college is Macdonald 

 Institute, a school of domestic science for girls. 

 In addition to the power derived from the falls 

 of the Speed River, Guelph's manufactures re- 

 ceive electrical power from Niagara Falls. The 

 city's manufactured products, which have an 

 annual value of $8,000,000 to $10,000,000, include 

 pianos and organs, sewing machines, carpets, 

 clothing, steel and wire goods, boots and shoes, 

 and meat products. Stock-raising is one of the 

 principal pursuits of the neighborhood, and 

 Guelph's annual stock show is notable. The 

 city owns the Guelph Junction Railway (fifteen 

 miles long) as well as its street railway, electric 

 light, water and sewer systems. 



GUELPHS AND GHIBELLINES, gwelj, gib' 

 el inz, the names of two great Italian political 

 factions, in the thirteenth and fourteenth cen- 



