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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 647 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GUALEGUAY , a flourishing See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

RIVER

river See also:

PORT

port of the See also:

province of Entre Rios, See also:

ARGENTINE

Argentine See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic, on the Gualeguay river, 32 &. above its confluence with the Ibicuy See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

PARANA

Parana, and about 120 M. N.N.W. of Buenos Aires. Pop. (1895) 7810. The Gualeguay is the largest of the Entre Rios See also:

rivers, traversing almost the whole length of the province from N. to S., but it is of but slight service in the transportation of produce except the few See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles below Gualeguay, whose port, known as Puerto See also:

RUIZ, JUAN (c. 1283-c. 1350)

Ruiz, is 7 M. See also:

LOWER

lower down stream. A See also:

steam See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway connects the town and port, and a branch See also:

LINE

line connects with Entre Rios See also:

RAILWAYS

railways at the station of Tala. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in this region is that of stock-raising, and there is a large exportation of See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, jerked See also:

BEEF (through O. Fr. boef, mod. boeuf, from Lat. bos, bovis, ox, Gr. f3oiir, which show the ultimate connexion with the Sanskrit go, gaits, ox, and thus with " cow")

beef, hides, See also:

TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow, mutton, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

sheep-skins. See also:

Wood and See also:

CHARCOAL

charcoal are also exported to Buenos Aires. The town was founded in 1783.

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