. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGRAPHY OF S. PAULO. 225 Farther on the line mounts the plateau about 3,000 feet high, and after passing the stations of Batataen and Franca, descends to the valley of the Rio Grande, which is crossed by a viaduct 1,316 feet long. Near Franca diamonds are found. Another line, starting also from Campinas, ramifies beyond Limcira in one direction through Aniras and Pirassanuiif/'i to the Eio Mogy Gua<su, in another to Rio Claro, and thence northwards to Jaboficahal in the campos region. In the Tieté valley, also connected by rail with the capi
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGRAPHY OF S. PAULO. 225 Farther on the line mounts the plateau about 3,000 feet high, and after passing the stations of Batataen and Franca, descends to the valley of the Rio Grande, which is crossed by a viaduct 1,316 feet long. Near Franca diamonds are found. Another line, starting also from Campinas, ramifies beyond Limcira in one direction through Aniras and Pirassanuiif/'i to the Eio Mogy Gua<su, in another to Rio Claro, and thence northwards to Jaboficahal in the campos region. In the Tieté valley, also connected by rail with the capital, occur several thriving places, such as Itii, an old Jesuit mission dating from 1610, and still a great religious centre with a large Jesuit college, and more churches for its size than any other town. At the foot of the terrace on which Itu stands the Tieté Fig. SOEOCABA AND IPANEMA IbON MiNES. Scale 1 : 200, 47 j5 West or ureenwicln 47 25 5 Miles. develops the magnificent which supply motive power to the workshops of Seilto (Tltu, " Itu ; Piracicaha, north-west of Itu on an affluent of the Tieté, also utilises a neighbouring cascade for its sugar and cotton-spinning mills. This cascade stands at the head of navigation, whereas the Tieté is inaccessible even to boats above Porto Feliz some 30 miles west of Sal to d'ltu. The Tieté and Piracicaha steamers plying on the river farther down ship the coffee of the western plantations in districts, to which the railways have not yet penetrated. The two military colonies established in the vicinity of the Arauhandava and Itapura cata- racts, have not succeeded. These , in the language of a provincial report, were for a long time nothing more than " official ; Sorocaba, on a southern affluent of the Tieté, 70 miles west of the capital,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - c
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