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the rule of the priests, the " reductions " (stations) were kept aloof from all con- 

 tact with the whites, and even after their expulsion from Brazil the Jesuits 

 stipulated that an *' inalienable " space of six square leagues should be left round 

 the Indian villages. But their backs were scarcely turned when the reservation 

 was invaded. Some of the recent arrivals, still under government control, receive 

 a yearly subsidy, besides seed, corn, and cattle. But most of the settlers are 

 already " emancipated," that is to say, are thrown upon their own resources, culti- 

 vating small freeholfls at their own risk. Coffee, which is the chief crop, yielded 

 in 1892 about 3,930,000 cwts. But manioc, rice, beans, and other provisions are 

 also raised for the surrounding markets. 



