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The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

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TOPOGEAPHY OF EIO GEANDE. 2i3<br />

settlers on the Serra da Costa made it a depot for their agricultural produce.<br />

To this occupation it has now added other industries, such as cigar-making,<br />

brewing, <strong>and</strong> ship-building. As the strategical centre of the southern states,<br />

the Brazilian Government has made it the seat of a militarj' school.<br />

.Vest or Greenwich Sl^so<br />

Fig. 10.5.—PonTO Aleoee <strong>and</strong> Gtjatiyba Esttjaet.<br />

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Fiet.<br />

Scale t : 45n,onn.<br />

Dtpllu<br />

6 Feet,<br />

<strong>and</strong> upwards.<br />

6 Miles.<br />

Porto Alegre may also be considered a sort of literary <strong>and</strong> scientific centre,<br />

thanks to <strong>its</strong> numerous colleges <strong>and</strong> periodical publications. A little to the west<br />

near the south bank of the Jacuhj-, are situated the S. Jcroiii/iiio coal mines, which<br />

have a yearly output of about 2,000 tons. Tliey lie in a carboniferous zone,<br />

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