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from Manaos to Europe is on foot. With a healthy cli- 

 mate and fertile soil, a situation near the mouths of four 

 great rivers — the Madeira, Negro, Puriis, and Jurua — and 

 having water communication with two thirds of the con- 

 tinent, this city has commercial advantages unsurpassed. 

 What it wants is an even and generous legislation and an 

 industrial class. 



