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plain, sloping gently to the S.E., covered with marshes and tropical forests. Very little is known of it except small areas along the Bermejo and Paraguay See also:

rivers, where attempts have been made to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form settlements. The unexplored interior is still occupied by tribes of See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is hot, the summer temperature rising to a maximum of 1040 F. See also:

TIMBER

Timber-cutting is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal occupation of the settlers, though stock-raising and See also:

agriculture engage some See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention in the settlements on the Paraguay. The See also:

capital, Formosa (founded 1879), is a small See also:

settlement on the Paraguay with a See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of about See also:

lobo in 1900. The settled population of the territory was 4829 in 1895, which it was estimated had increased to 13,431 in 1905. The nomadic Indians are estimated at 8000.

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