. The earth and its inhabitants .. . SS'-^o 12 Miles. Francia, it was made an outlet for the foreign trade of Paraguay. Hither the Guarani brought their convoys of mules, thoix tobacco and maté, in exchange for the coffee, sugar, and European goods imported by the Brazilian traders from Rio Grande. All transactions were carried on by the barter system, the dictator having forbidden the exportation of gold and silver specie. At present much of the trafhc of Encarnacion has been diverted elsewhere by the steamers plying on the Paraguay and Parana rivers. But this place is intended to be the term
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . SS'-^o 12 Miles. Francia, it was made an outlet for the foreign trade of Paraguay. Hither the Guarani brought their convoys of mules, thoix tobacco and maté, in exchange for the coffee, sugar, and European goods imported by the Brazilian traders from Rio Grande. All transactions were carried on by the barter system, the dictator having forbidden the exportation of gold and silver specie. At present much of the trafhc of Encarnacion has been diverted elsewhere by the steamers plying on the Paraguay and Parana rivers. But this place is intended to be the terminus of the proposed railways that are to traverse part of the mate- growing country. On the opposite or Corrientes side stands the Argentine town of Posadas, which is also to be a railway terminus for a line running through Monte Caseros to the Lower Uruguay.
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