. The Brazilians and their country . THE SOUTHERN BRAZIL LUMBER AND COLONIZATION COMPANY LOAD-ING PINE LOGS AT TRES BARRAS, PARANA. •THE PARANAQUA RAILWAY FAIRLY FLINGS ONE INTO THE BOSOM OF THESE VIRGIN WOODS AWAKENING OF SOUTHERN BRAZIL 225 We had been travelling for days across the vast undulat-ing ranges of hills, plains and rivers, vi^hich form thebasis of the most natural cattle country to be found in theworld to-day. Unlike the flat lands of Argentina, wheredroughts menace cattle and crop, one finds here a smilingland of hills and lakes, and a campo dotted by farm housesset loftily upon
. The Brazilians and their country . THE SOUTHERN BRAZIL LUMBER AND COLONIZATION COMPANY LOAD-ING PINE LOGS AT TRES BARRAS, PARANA. •THE PARANAQUA RAILWAY FAIRLY FLINGS ONE INTO THE BOSOM OF THESE VIRGIN WOODS AWAKENING OF SOUTHERN BRAZIL 225 We had been travelling for days across the vast undulat-ing ranges of hills, plains and rivers, vi^hich form thebasis of the most natural cattle country to be found in theworld to-day. Unlike the flat lands of Argentina, wheredroughts menace cattle and crop, one finds here a smilingland of hills and lakes, and a campo dotted by farm housesset loftily upon hill tops, shaded and enhanced by luxuri-ant trees and flower gardens. Why, one asks, are there but a million and a half in-habitants in this great free and fertile commonwealth!Why have the fifteen or twenty million head of cattleestimated to exist in this section of Brazil not been dis-covered before by the Swifts and Armours of the world 1Judging from the rich fields of wheat, barley, rye andcorn which I saw in numerous sections, this Braziliansouthland is capable of almost anything, agriculturallyspeaking. Why have the
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