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difficulty to overcome, or some crisis to survive ; but England has ever been 

 reo-ardless of a risk that is temporary, and prepared to await a recompense that 

 may tarry, but appears to be sure. Almost all the smaller American States are 

 in her debt ; almost all, at some time or other, have failed to meet their obliga- 

 tions ; but there is not one of them that has not paid large interest to its patient 

 creditor. No other European market has so accurate an appreciation of the 

 capabilities of America, and it is this which gives England so powerful a hold 

 in the New World, where she disposes of large consignments of her products."* 



Paraguay comprises 23 electoral districts, of which three for the capital, 

 nominating four deputies and three senators ; the rural districts elect 32 deputies 

 and 16 senators, while Chaco forms a special division. 



* Paraguay, p. 83. 



