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the southern part of the province all this is changed. There 
nearly all the land is open prairie, only on the hillsides scattered 
bushes and low trees form a kind of pseudo-forest, 
The climate here is colder and more variable ; light snow- 
storms are common in the winter months, and the ground may 
remain frozen hard for days together. All this region properly 
belongs to the pampas of Uruguay and the Argentine Republic; 
the plants are generally of the same prairie species, and the ani- 
mals are almost entirely identical. Monkeys, anteaters, tapirs 
= nd pacas have disappeared; in their places the naturalist finds 
~ deer with branched horns, foxes, armadillos and so on. Instead 
of parrots, toucans and trogons, there are hawks, ground-thrushes 
and ostriches; ground-beetles and yellow butterflies, much like 
“hose of our home fields, are seen everywhere. 
aoe The two regions are very sharply divided, but outlying por- 
_ lions of each are found within the boundaries of the other. On 
: , the top of the northern table-land, well within the limits of the 
3 forest region, there are extensive tracts of prairie-land; and some 
of the hillsides, even as far south as Pelotas (lat. 31° 45’) are 
oe Covered with forest, which has much the same character as the 
_ Main body of the north. In general, however, it may be said 
a that the dividing line between the forest and prairie lies a little to 
n the north of the River Jacuhy, the upper portion of the Guahyba, 
Which flows from west to east near lat. 30°. 
| . OF sider the two regions differ much in their products. The 
ie northern portion, beside its forest industries, is the main seat of 
È agricultural employments; the lands are fertile, giving excellent 
a bs tal corn, beans, mandioca, sugar-cane and tobacco. The 
‘ | Prairie region is generally unfit for agriculture, and it is exclu- 
; 4 ‘wely used for grazing, more cattle being raised here than in any 
MST part of Brazil. . 
a Fie the employments so the habits and characters of the peo- 
their ho Steatly, The men of the north are farmers, fond of 
ec hens mes and seldom traveling far away from them; fixed to 
| ate al by which they are nourished. In the south every laborer 
‘ills a n, accustomed to ride for days and weeks over the 
| firey Spending very little of his time at home; he lives where 
waon > eating his dinner of jerked meat and beans, and 
7 takes ay elf in his poncho to sleep wherever the night over- 
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ny ™ Ignorant in letters, he is wise in all that pertains to 
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