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but the population is estimated at 1,500,000. 
Perhaps 1,200,000 would be nearer the true 
figure. Seventy-five per cent, are Indians, 
200,000 half-breeds, 100,000 white, 2500 ne 
groes, with a floating foreign population of 
7500. 
There are fewer railways in Ecuador than 
any other country of South America. One 
American owned and operated railway run 
ning from Duran, on the opposite bank of 
the river from Guayaquil to Quito, a distance 
°f 285 miles, may be described briefly as the 
scenic road of the world. There is another 
road of about 20 miles, and one or two con 
templated lines. 
Ecuador has been cursed by revolutions, and 
depressed by the lack of enterprise on the part 
of its various governments. Guayaquil is per 
haps the dirtiest city in the world and at all 
times a hotbed of filth and disease. For these 
reasons it has been shunned by tourist and 
traveler alike, although it is one of the best 
markets I know of on the West Coast. 
The country has no great industries. It is,