. Cassier's magazine . north ofUruguayana, through Santa Maria,and just north of Porto Alegre, thecapital. The Jacuhy does not flow directlyinto the sea, but into a long laguna,called the Lagoa dos Patos (lake ofdrakes), with the Lagoa Mirim(small lake) beyond, in the long lakes, parallel and closeto the coast, are connected by the RioSao Goncalo, and have an outlet sea-ward between them at Rio railway has been built betweenPorto Alegre and Rio Grande, thetwo most important towns and har-bours of the State, as sea-going ves-sels can ply along the laguna. Butboth towns (be
. Cassier's magazine . north ofUruguayana, through Santa Maria,and just north of Porto Alegre, thecapital. The Jacuhy does not flow directlyinto the sea, but into a long laguna,called the Lagoa dos Patos (lake ofdrakes), with the Lagoa Mirim(small lake) beyond, in the long lakes, parallel and closeto the coast, are connected by the RioSao Goncalo, and have an outlet sea-ward between them at Rio railway has been built betweenPorto Alegre and Rio Grande, thetwo most important towns and har-bours of the State, as sea-going ves-sels can ply along the laguna. Butboth towns (between which there isno little jealousy) are joined to thecentre of the State, whence the com-mon trunk line continues beyond toUruguayana. The line follows thefoot of the northern plateau, alongthe Jacuhy and Ibicuhv valleys, run-ning from Porto Alegre, throughSanta Maria, Cacequy, and on toUruguayana, on the west is the main line of the obsoletePorto Alegre & Uruguayana Rail- 17 iS CASSIERS MAGAZINE. ALEGRETE, A TYPICAL STATION ON THE RIO GRANDE RAILWAY way (P. A. U. Ry.). The RioGrande line runs through the impor-tant towns of Pelotas and Bage, andjoins the P. A. U. main line atCacequy. The Rio Grande and Bageportion was built by a separate com-pany. But it was necessary, besides, tojoin the State with Rio de Janeiro, inthe north, and southward with Monte- video, and this has been done fromthe centre. The southern line starts from apoint a few miles out of Cacequyand runs due south to Santa Annade Livramento, the frontier stationwhence the northern extension of theCentral of Uruguay Railway con-tinues through to Montevideo. On the other hand, an old Belgian
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