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surrounding woodlands. But a more businesslike air prevails in the commercial 

 quarters, for Para has become a great trading place, being surpassed in this 

 respect only by the capital and three other Brazilian cities. 



Founded in 1615, Para grew slowly till the separation of Brazil from the 



Fig. 44. — Para, and its Roadstead. 

 Scale 1 : 350,000. 



Depths 



to 5 

 F:i thorns. 



6 to 10 



Tathom6. 



10 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



6 Miles. 



mother-country. Then as the imperial capital it continued to be a hotbed of 

 social and political disturbance, and was nearly ruined by the so-called Caba)iagem, 

 a social war involving many conflicting elements, which broke out in 1835, and 

 left the city reduced from a population of 24,500 in 1819, to 15,000 in 1848. In 



