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mountains  in  86  different  tunnels  and  passes
over  212  bridges,  often  coming  out  of  a  tunnel
on  a  bridge  and  into  a  tunnel  again.  Every
time  a  revolution  started  some  of  its  bridges
were  blown  up  or  tunnels  blocked.  The  English ­
  road  from  La  Guaira  to  Caracas,  a  distance ­
  of  23  miles,  has  nowhere  30  feet  of
straight  track  and  goes  up  the  mountain  its  entire ­
  length  at  a  gradient  of  4  per  cent.  The
road  from  Valencia  to  Puerto  Cabello,  a  distance ­
  of  33  miles,  owned  by  an  English  company, ­
  requires  a  rack  and  pinion  supplemental
track  to  negotiate  some  of  its  climbs.
There  are  no  manufactured  products  exported ­
  from  this  country.  The  few  things
elaborated  within  its  confines,  matches,
candles,  shoes,  beer,  alcohol,  sugar  and  the
like,  are  for  local  consumption.
The  chances  are  that  its  people  will  always
be  pastoral  in  their  pursuits.  Its  coffee  and
cocoa  are  world  famous  and  form  a  large  proportion ­
  of  its  exports,  about  23  per  cent,  of  its
population  being  engaged  in  this  line.  In
1912,  $15,137,994  worth  of  coffee  was  ex ­