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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



PASSENGERS BOARDING A RIVER STEAMER ON THE UPPER PARAGUAY 



Photographs by William R. Barbour 



COUNTING THE FUEL OE AN UP-RIVER STEAMER 



Above Asuncion, wood is the only fuel, and the unit of measurement is a stick averaging 

 impounds in weight. Counting fuel takes time, and although the Paraguayan does not mind 

 this, the impatient foreigner is thankful that the fuel to be counted bv hand is not nut coal. 



