Across South America; an account of a journey from Buenos Aires to Lima by way of Potosí, with notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru . THE HAK <. SANTOS RIO, SANTOS, BRAZILIAN TRADE 25 little conception of the great distances that separatethe important cities of Brazil and of the dififtcultiesof transportation. A story is told in Rio of an attempt to go fromRio to Sao Paulo by motor, over the cart-road thatconnects the two largest cities in the trip by railway takes about twelve automobile excursion took three weeks of mostfearful drudgery. Needless to
Across South America; an account of a journey from Buenos Aires to Lima by way of Potosí, with notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru . THE HAK <. SANTOS RIO, SANTOS, BRAZILIAN TRADE 25 little conception of the great distances that separatethe important cities of Brazil and of the dififtcultiesof transportation. A story is told in Rio of an attempt to go fromRio to Sao Paulo by motor, over the cart-road thatconnects the two largest cities in the trip by railway takes about twelve automobile excursion took three weeks of mostfearful drudgery. Needless to say, the cars did notcome back by their own power. It is more difficult for a merchant in one of thegreat coast cities of Central Brazil to keep in touchwith the Amazon, than it is for a Chicago merchantto keep in touch with Australia. Furthermore, to one who tries to master the situa-tion, the coinage and the monetary system seem atfirst sight to present an insuperable obstacle. Tohave a bill for dinner rendered in thousands of reis israther confusing, until one comes to regard the thou-sand ret piece as equivalent to about thirty cents. Another and much m
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