PERNAMBUCO. 



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side of the channel eastwards to deep water, thus enabling large vessels to load 

 and unload at all states of the tide and in all weathers, Hawkshaw proposes a 

 somewhat similar plan, but with longer and more crescent-shaped pier. 



Fiof. 55. — Peenambuco — Steeet View. 



Either project would make Pernambuco one of the best harbours in Brazil. 

 But its admirable position near the north-east angle of the continent has already 



