This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...and to speculate on the time when the tide of immigration must at last reach those fertile regions, which will then offer a home and an independence to the overcrowded population of Europe, and to the thousands here who are willing to work but have no work to do. The river San Joaquim may be navigated with great ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...and to speculate on the time when the tide of immigration must at last reach those fertile regions, which will then offer a home and an independence to the overcrowded population of Europe, and to the thousands here who are willing to work but have no work to do. The river San Joaquim may be navigated with great facility for some 70 miles, and the Itonamas as far as the rich province of Guarayos, while it seems probable that the communication in this direction might be extended up the river San Miguel towards Lake Concepcion by the construction of a few locks in this latter, which has a very sluggish current (900 yards an hour), and runs through a deep and narrow channel. The extent to which the rivers Baures and Paragau may be suitable for navigation has not been determined. The river Barbados has a good deep channel, from its junction with the Itenez as far as the town of Casalvasco; while the Alegre and Verde are quite useless in this respect. The river Paraguay, in so far as regards its tributary the Jauru, takes its source in the same group of mountains as the Itenez; it does not appear, however, that the construction of a canal to connect the two rivers, as has been proposed, would be in any way practicable, as the advantage to be gained would not be in proportion to the cost of such a work. The highest points navigable are a considerable distance apart, and separated by very broken ground. So much difficulty was experienced in 1877 in transporting the hull of a small steam-launch from the Jauru to the Itenez, that it might evidently have been carried with greater ease round the south side of the Aguapehy Mountains; the distance by this route being, indeed, over 200 miles, but the country generally being open and nearly level plain. The valley of the ...
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