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AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. 



yields the maté of Paraguay. Nearly 20,000 tons of this article were exported in 

 1892, valued at £312,000. 



Visitors are still shown the ruins of the old Jesuit College, former headquarters 

 of the Parana missions. In the surrounding forest clearings are several agricul- 

 tural settlements, the most important of which is Alexandra, where a group of 

 Italian coloni^ts cultivates alimentary plants, and have also laid out some sugar and 

 coffee plantations. 



In the interior, west of Curitiba, some flourishing colonies have developed 



Fig. 99. — Paea-Nagua. 

 Scale 1 : 100,000. 



40° 5S 



to 16 

 Feet. 



Depths. 



16 to 32 



Feet. 



32 Feet 

 and upwards 



. 2 Miles. 



into towns such as Campo Largo and Palmeira, and farther north Ponta Grossa on 

 the upland plains watered by the Tibagy. Till recently nearly all the German 

 settlers were attracted to the States of Santa C;itharina and Rio Grande do Sul ; 

 at present the stream of Italian immigration is setting in the direction of S. 

 Paulo, while Parana is favoured chiefly by the Poles. Yet this movement began 

 with the disastrous undertaking of 1878, when 1,366 Slav peasants were intro- 

 duced without any preparations being made for their reception. Left at Palmeira 



