. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE PAEAGUAYANS. 313 mitting to a war of extermination imposed on them by a bloodthirsty tyrant, the survivors maintain a passive attitude while being deprived of their very lands by legal chicanery. The national diet, so different from that of the Argentines, must certainly contribute in some measure to give the Paraguay people such a meek, almost cringing, temperament. Many never touch meat, manoic and oranges constituting their chief food. The wife, who works the field, also controls the household. Hers is the ruling spirit, and when the tempor
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE PAEAGUAYANS. 313 mitting to a war of extermination imposed on them by a bloodthirsty tyrant, the survivors maintain a passive attitude while being deprived of their very lands by legal chicanery. The national diet, so different from that of the Argentines, must certainly contribute in some measure to give the Paraguay people such a meek, almost cringing, temperament. Many never touch meat, manoic and oranges constituting their chief food. The wife, who works the field, also controls the household. Hers is the ruling spirit, and when the temporary unions are dissolved, the children always follow the mother. Such unions are for the most Fisr. 131.—Old Jesitit Chttech ;^t part deprived of legal or religious sanction, a strange reaction from the severe discipline of the reductions, where the least levity was punished by heavy penalties. Topography. In Paraguay scarcely any centres of population deserve the name of towns, and the right (Paraguayan) side of the Parana is almost uninhabited. Little is seen except a few ranchos in the forest glades frequented mainly by the maté gatherers. Such are Goycocheas, at the head of the steam navigation, and lower down Tacuru Paru, future terminus of a railway, which is to reach the Parana about 18 miles above the confluence of the Brazilian Iguazu. Then follows Guayarros, formerly. 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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