34 SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
large as Texas, and all of our territory east of 
the Mississippi. It is bounded on the north 
by Bolivia, and Paraguay, on the west by 
Chile, on the south by a portion of Chile 
and the Atlantic Ocean. Paraguay, Brazil 
and Uruguay, together with the Atlantic 
Ocean which washes its shores for more than 
1500 miles, constitute its eastern boundary. 
Over 700,000,000 acres of its land is admir 
ably adapted for cattle raising and the grow 
ing of cereals, a fact which argues much for 
its future development and prosperity. 
Its population is variously estimated at 
from 6,000,000 to 9,000,000 but it can with 
safety be placed at 7,000,000, a little less than 
25 per cent, of its inhabitants residing in the 
city of Buenos Aires, which has 1,700,000 
citizens, a rather unusual condition of affairs. 
The early settlers of the Argentine were of 
course Spaniards and their descendants form 
the bulk of the population to-day. There are 
comparatively few blacks or mixed breeds, 
slavery having been abolished in 1813, while 
the Indians and aborigines are scattered along