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cipal crop. Rio de Janeiro, the capital, is the greatest 
coffee market in the world; Bahia is also a large city. 
Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay 
contain the vast lanos, pampas, and other treeless 
plains. 
Cattle raising is the main business, with agriculture 
in some of the best districts. 
Buenos Ayres, and. Montevideo, on the La Plata, are 
the only large cities in these four countries. They are 
famous markets for hides, horns, and tallow. 
Dlaza. Buenos Avres. 
ExXERCOISE. — (Open books to map of South America.) Find 
Cuiana. What is it? Bound each of the countries of the plains, 
Find their capitals. Which of these countries is the largest? 
Which are in the Torrid Zone? In what zone are the others? 
Which part of these temperate countries is warmest? Why? On 
the Amazon where do you see the sun at noon? In our country, 
where? In Uruguay, where? Why? (One must always look 
toward the Torrid Zone to see the sun at noon.) What (p. 95) 
are the silvas! Wie. “2 he Diuoa? Whar (0... 105) are 
the pampas?