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AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. 



receives the Eio Muudaha, while the Manguaba lagoon farther south is fed by one 

 of the numerous streams bearing the general name of Parahyba. 



Here the pleasant town of Maceio with its suburb of Juragua is shaded with 

 groves and avenues in which are intermingled the African date with the Indian 

 coconut palm. Unfortunately the harbour, though protected from the east and 

 north winds, is exposed to the southern gales, during the prevalence of which the 

 shipping has to take refuge farther east in the roadstead of Pajussara under the 

 shelter of the Foil fa Verde and a chain of reefs. Cotton, sugar, and caju wine are 



Fig. .58. — Maceio and its Roadstead. 

 Scale 1 : 6^,000. 



B.X . 



-, MACEIO 



Paijucarâ_.._^,.--„„„,„„^;_^^.^ . ; . 



38°5' 



West oF Gr 



38°3' 



Depths. 



to 16 

 Feet. 



32 Feet 

 and upwards. 



2,200 Yards. 



amongst the exports. Maceio receives much of its supplies from the railway 

 which runs north-westwards up the Mundahu valley to Uniào, one of the numerous 

 places which during the Empire bore the name of Imperairiz in honour of the 

 " Empress " of Brazil. 



The Rio Parahyba valley, which is disposed south-east parallel with that of 

 the Mundahu and connected with it by a branch line, abounds in sugar planta- 

 tions in the municipalities of Victoria, Villa Viçosa (formerly Assemhka), Atalaia, 

 Pilar, and Alagoas. The last-mentioned, which was capital of the State till 1839, 

 stands near the southern extremity of the Manguaba lagoon. It is much less 



