The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita293recl Year: 1893 ElVERS OF PAEAGUAY. 801 becomes more decided, and the water flows, not in a rocky bed, but over layers of tosca, an extremely tenacious white clay, probably saline, for the Pilcomayo discharges brackish waters into the Vavaguay. It was long supposed that its mouths had frequently shifted ; but lateral channels, false rivers and creeks may possibly have wrongly been taken for branches of the Pilcomayo. The present mouth joins the Paraguay three miles below Asuncion, opposite the Lambaré bluff. But
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita293recl Year: 1893 ElVERS OF PAEAGUAY. 801 becomes more decided, and the water flows, not in a rocky bed, but over layers of tosca, an extremely tenacious white clay, probably saline, for the Pilcomayo discharges brackish waters into the Vavaguay. It was long supposed that its mouths had frequently shifted ; but lateral channels, false rivers and creeks may possibly have wrongly been taken for branches of the Pilcomayo. The present mouth joins the Paraguay three miles below Asuncion, opposite the Lambaré bluff. But in 1721 the chief branch was Fig. 128.—View taken on the Pilcomayo.
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