. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 316 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. Villa Rica—San Bernardino. Asuncion is connected by the only railway (1894) in Paraguay -with Villa Rica, originally a Jesuit foundation, which lies on the last slopes of the central Cordillera in an extremely fertile district watered by the "great" and "little" Tibicuary. Small steam launches ascend the Tibicuary to Villa Rica, which is destined to become the central point of the future railway system of Paraguay. From the Asuncion line will soon run two branches to the Parana, one through the Monday
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 316 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. Villa Rica—San Bernardino. Asuncion is connected by the only railway (1894) in Paraguay -with Villa Rica, originally a Jesuit foundation, which lies on the last slopes of the central Cordillera in an extremely fertile district watered by the "great" and "little" Tibicuary. Small steam launches ascend the Tibicuary to Villa Rica, which is destined to become the central point of the future railway system of Paraguay. From the Asuncion line will soon run two branches to the Parana, one through the Monday Valley eastwards in the direction of Tacuru-Pucu, the other southwaids to Encarnacion, The Asuncion railway runs south-eastwards through a succession of orange Fig. 133.—AsTtNCioN. Scale 1 : 45, 57°58' '^est oF Greenwich 57°38' groves and banana plantations, interspersed with faimsteads and country seats. In this cultivated district one of the stations on the line is the pleasant little town of Luqiie, which was for a short time capital of the State towards the close of the war, when Lopez ordered the evacuation of Asuncion. Farther on, the railway, skirting the wesi; side of the charming Lake Ipacaray, pusses along the foot of the Cerro Leon eminence, where Lopez established the headquarters of the Paraguayan army at the beginning of the contest. In this lacustrine valley the chief stations are Aregua, Itagua, and Firayu, all mere rural hamlets. Then follows the more important town of Paroguari, famed for its tobacco, which is exported even to the European mai"kets. In the vicinity is an imposing bluff pierced with caverns, where the Aj)ostle St. Thomas is fabled to have resided. 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
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