PARAGUAY

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never  has  revived.  Recent  revolutions  have
set  it  back  still  further  and  whatever  of  good
may  come  to  this  benighted  land  must  be  written ­
  in  the  future  tense.
Paraguay  is  almost  an  inland  country,  having ­
  but  one  outlet  to  the  sea  in  the  Parana
River.  Its  196,000  square  miles  of  territory
is  bounded  on  the  north  by  Brazil  and  Bolivia;
on  the  west  and  south  by  Argentine,  and  on  the
east  by  Argentine  and  Brazil.  The  Paraguay
River  runs  directly  through  its  territory  from
south  to  north  dividing  it  into  two  sections,
Western  Paraguay,  or  the  Chaco,  and  Eastern ­
  Paraguay.  It  is  well  watered  with  manysmall
  streams,  while  toward  the  north  and  east
are  mountain  chains.
The  climate  of  Paraguay  is  so  equable  that
the  country  is  sometimes  called  the  “Sanitarium.” ­
  The  two  seasons  are  the  rainy  and  the
dry.  It  never  snows  in  this  land  and  flowers
in  great  variety  and  a  riot  of  color  bloom  constantly. ­
  The  southern  two-thirds  are  in  the
Temperate  Zone,  the  northern  one-third  in  the
Tropic  Zone.