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The National Geographic Magazine 



A Coffee Train Entering Maracaibo 



scene of many stirring events during the 

 war of independence — and Carupano, 

 noted for its trade in agricultural prod- 

 ucts and for its incomparable rum — all, 

 no doubt, will in time be "stopped over" 

 at and duly photographed, as will the ex- 



tensive salinas or salt beds of Araya and 

 the neighboring island of Margarita, 

 where the famous pearl fisheries are sit- 

 uated. It is a country well worth visit- 

 ing. 



"So, westward-ho they ran," writes 



