Some Notes on Venezuela 



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bearing a Spaniard on his shoulders 

 across a river. Others loaded them- 

 selves with the presents that had been 

 bestowed on their guests, consisting of 

 rich plumes, weapons of various kinds, 

 and tropical birds and animals. In this 

 way they returned in triumphant pro- 

 cession to the ships, the woods and 

 shores resounding with their songs and 

 shouts. ' ' 



Venezuela has a larger area than the 

 combined areas of the screat States of 



The republic has three zones — hot, 

 temperate, and cool — according to the 

 elevation of the land. The lowlands in 

 the northwest are very torrid. Here 

 great quantities of coffee and cacao are 

 raised, which form the largest agricul- 

 tural exports of the country. The 

 cacao is sent mainly to France, Ger- 

 many, and Spain, and the coffee, which 

 averages a yearly crop of 55,000 tons, to 

 the United States. South and east of the 

 lowlands, extending eastward to Ca- 







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A View of Caracas 



Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, 

 Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and 

 Arkansas. In figures its area amounts 

 to about 590,000 square miles. The 

 population is 500,000 less than that of 

 Massachusetts. In 1891 it was 2,323,- 

 527. The capital, Caracas, has 75,000 

 inhabitants, Maracaibo 35,000, La 

 Guaira 15,000, and Barcelona about 

 13,000. About one person out of every 

 one hundred is pure white, while the 

 others are descendants of black slaves, 

 mulattoes, etc., and Indians. 



racas, are high mountains, where, the 

 climate being temperate, most of the 

 people live. Caracas, the capital, is 

 3,000 feet above the sea. Trade winds 

 prevent the extremes of heat suffered 

 in the corresponding latitude of north- 

 ern Africa. The mean temperature at 

 Caracas is only 7i°.2 Fahr. On the 

 coast it averages from ten to twelve de- 

 grees higher. 



Vast llanos, or great plains, stretch 

 south of the mountains, making splen- 

 did runs for cattle. South again of the 



