TOPOGEAPHY OF CEAEA. 



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The Eio Jciguaiibe basin, comprising all the southern and eastern parts of 

 Ceara, possesses most of the towns, amongst others Credo, Janiim, and Lavras on 

 the uplands ; Tco and Igatu in the lower valleys ; Quixemmohim and Quixada on 

 the Eio Quixera affluent. At Quixada the Fortaleza-Baturité railway enters the 

 Juo-uaribe basin, thus attracting to the capital the trade of these important dis- 

 tricts. At present the natural outlet for the settlements on the Lower Jaguaribe 



Fig. 52. — Natal. 

 Scale 1 : 40,000. 



tol6 

 Feet. 



Depths. 



16 to 32 

 Feet. 



32 Feet 

 and upwards. 



1,100 Yards. 



is the port of Aracaf//, on the right bank of the river, 11 miles above its mouth. 

 A brisk trade is here carried on in agricultural produce and in such local articles as 

 mats, straw hats, and vegetable- wax candles. 



The trade of that part of east Ceara which lies west of Cape S. Roque is also 

 partly directed towards the port of 3Iossoro {Santa Luzia), in the neighbouring 

 State of Eio Grande do Norte. This town, which lies on the left bank of the 



