. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGEAPHY OF ARGENTINA. 451 ground on which the city stands has yielded skeletons, chipped stones, worked bones, and other human remains. Ensexada—Tandil—Bahia Blanca. The port of La Plata, the ancient Emenada, 5 miles from the centre of the capital, has realised the hopes of its founders. its principal basin, 3,670 feet long and 160 feet wide, is 20 feet deep at low water, and is accessible at flow to the largest vessels. But the merchandise here landed is destined almost entirely for Buenos Ayres. The chief drawback to the port and neighbouring
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGEAPHY OF ARGENTINA. 451 ground on which the city stands has yielded skeletons, chipped stones, worked bones, and other human remains. Ensexada—Tandil—Bahia Blanca. The port of La Plata, the ancient Emenada, 5 miles from the centre of the capital, has realised the hopes of its founders. its principal basin, 3,670 feet long and 160 feet wide, is 20 feet deep at low water, and is accessible at flow to the largest vessels. But the merchandise here landed is destined almost entirely for Buenos Ayres. The chief drawback to the port and neighbouring city is Fia-. 175.—La Plata caused by the Buenos Ayres drainage system, which has its outlet near Quilmes, and which threatens eventually to choke the harbour with its pestiferous deposits. Nevertheless as a seaport, Ensenada has a double advantage over Buenos Ayres. It is reached by a buoyed channel rather under four miles instead of nine miles in length ; wharfage dues are also much lower, owing to the fact that the provincial government has expropriated all the foreshore for the harbour, quays, docks, and wharfs. But in wet weather the place presents a dismal appearance, all the thoroughfares being transformed to almost impassable quagmires. East of La Plata there are no towns properly so-called in the neighbourhood of the estuary. Magdalena, the most important place in the district, lies 3 miles inland, but possesses a few saladeros at the port of Atalaya on the coast. Pleasure- seekers and invalids from Buenos Ayres resort in the season to the favourite watering-place of Mar del Plata, which lies near Cape Corrientes, 250 miles by rail from the capital. Other watering-places are springing up farther north. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravens
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