. The Brazilians and their country . enths squaremiles. The reservoir occupies the valleys of Lages, the Pedras,and the Araras rivers, whose waters it commands, aswell as the new tunnel which conveys the Pirahy Riverwaters. After a sail in the Companys launch for about twentymiles through the graceful curves of this artificial bodyof water, we exchanged the launch for horses with whichwe were to make our way through the valley and overthe mountains pierced by the Pirahy tunnel, to the sourceof this tunnel near the small town of Rio Claro. This isat a point not far from the great notch in the l
. The Brazilians and their country . enths squaremiles. The reservoir occupies the valleys of Lages, the Pedras,and the Araras rivers, whose waters it commands, aswell as the new tunnel which conveys the Pirahy Riverwaters. After a sail in the Companys launch for about twentymiles through the graceful curves of this artificial bodyof water, we exchanged the launch for horses with whichwe were to make our way through the valley and overthe mountains pierced by the Pirahy tunnel, to the sourceof this tunnel near the small town of Rio Claro. This isat a point not far from the great notch in the lofty SerraCoast Range through which one passes to enter the Stateof Sao Paulo. The view from the top of the range ofhills, beneath which the Pirahy tunnel has been con-structed, is unforgetable, and is peculiarly impressive ofthe vast undertaking which has brought waters of thePirahy and other smaller streams into direct and readyuse as a reserve power for the Lages water supply. Shortly before our visit there had been a heavy flood.
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