Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . nay, whohave obtained the concession of the first portion for its construc-tion from the city of Pernambuco to Agoa Preta, on the river Una, Railroad to the S. Francisco. 453 a distance of seventy-four miles. From Bahia also another roadhas been projected northward to Joazeira. Now, from the latterpoint to the mouth of the Bio das Velhas there is an uninterruptedsteamboat navigation for seven hundred miles, and numerous tri-butary rivers increase the navigation to nearly two thousand is therefore from the B
Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . nay, whohave obtained the concession of the first portion for its construc-tion from the city of Pernambuco to Agoa Preta, on the river Una, Railroad to the S. Francisco. 453 a distance of seventy-four miles. From Bahia also another roadhas been projected northward to Joazeira. Now, from the latterpoint to the mouth of the Bio das Velhas there is an uninterruptedsteamboat navigation for seven hundred miles, and numerous tri-butary rivers increase the navigation to nearly two thousand is therefore from the Barra das Velhas that a railway will mostprobably be made to Rio de Janeiro, about four hundred and thirtymiles in a straight line,—the whole comprising, by rail and byriver, as Mr. Bovthwick in his excellent report says, a grand in-ternal communication between the capital and the most thrivingprovinces; and such is its necessity that it is only a question oftime. When such a system of internal improvements is completed,no province will be more benefited than
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