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. 1922 Excerpt: ...resources. It is time that the ruling class should forget their political strife and personal ambitions, such as have been so marked a feature, often a terrible one, of the national history. The development of agriculture on the one hand, and of small manufacturing and local or even cottage industries, for which the ...
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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. 1922 Excerpt: ...resources. It is time that the ruling class should forget their political strife and personal ambitions, such as have been so marked a feature, often a terrible one, of the national history. The development of agriculture on the one hand, and of small manufacturing and local or even cottage industries, for which the native aptitude is considerable, on the other, are needful elements in the desired progress. with extensive swamps, subject to inundation and of little use at present for pastoral or agricultural purposes: but the extensive llanos, or plains, of Guarayos and Mojos, contain rich agricultural districts, where cattle-raising has been successfully carried on since the industry was introduced by the Jesuit missions in past centuries. These great plains and the valuable forestal areas, and the fertile sub tropic valleys in the lower Andean region, redeem the country from a natural reproach of sterility; and they demonstrate its capabilities for sustaining a large population. The outlet for the great plains is the Madeira river and its tributaries, which are being improved for navigation to the Amazon: especially by the Madeira-Mamore railway: and to the affluents of the River Plate, with their outlet through the republics of the Plate. The variations of temperature experienced in Bolivia, due to elevation, as opposed to latitude, are very marked. Upon the high tablelands, or puna brava, as the natives term the cold highlands, in distinction to the yungas, or lowlands, furious storms are encountered, with striking electrical effects, as described elsewhere. Lake Titicaca is at times lashed to fury by these storms. The lower punas from 11,000 to 12,500 feet, which include most of the great central plateaux of Bolivia, have two seasons: winter and a cold...
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