. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 2G4 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. Various attempts have been made to classify the people by races, or sub-races, or by the element of colour—white, black, yellow, or red. Thus, according to a local census of 1886, of 1,000 inhabitants of 8. Paulo (Paulistas), 667 were returned as whites; 185 as pernios, "people of colour," in the North American sense of this expression; 104 as pretos, "blacks"; and 81 as caboclos, of Indian Fig. 114.—Density of the Brazilian Population. Scale 1 : 45,000, Inhabitants per square kilometer. n EB S^
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 2G4 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. Various attempts have been made to classify the people by races, or sub-races, or by the element of colour—white, black, yellow, or red. Thus, according to a local census of 1886, of 1,000 inhabitants of 8. Paulo (Paulistas), 667 were returned as whites; 185 as pernios, "people of colour," in the North American sense of this expression; 104 as pretos, "blacks"; and 81 as caboclos, of Indian Fig. 114.—Density of the Brazilian Population. Scale 1 : 45,000, Inhabitants per square kilometer. n EB S^ I Under one. 1 to 5. 5 -to 10. Each square represents a population of 10,000. 0 10 to 50. 50 and upwards • Towns of over 100,000. 1,250 Miles. descent. But such essays can scarcely be accepted as even approximately accurate indications of the extent to which miscegenation has actually taken place. In Matto Grosso and the other inland provinces distinctions are drawn between " whites " and " whites," some (the Portuguese) being brancos vordadeiros, " true whites," others brancos da terra, " native ; One fact seems established in favour of tbis white element, which must go on increasing, thanks to the. 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; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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