18  SELLING  LATIN  AMERICA

pered,  the  principal  ones  from  the  north  to
the  south  being  Belem,  or  Para,  San  Luiz,
Parnahyba,  Fortaleza  or  Ceara,  Natal,  Parahyba,
  Recife  or  Pernambuco,  Maceio,  Aracaju,
  Sao  Salvador  or  Bahia,  Victoria,  Rio  de
Janeiro,  Santos,  Paranagua,  Sao  Francisco,
Rio  Grande  do  Sul  and  Porto  Allegre.  As  a
rule  each  of  these  ports  is  the  terminus  for  a
railway  system  penetrating  the  interior,  designed ­
  solely  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  the
products  to  market  and  carrying  supplies  and
necessities  to  the  part  of  the  country  dependent
upon  it.  There  are  practically  no  trunk  or
interstate  lines,  but  plans  are  now  formulated
to  overcome  this  condition.
Manaos  is  an  inland  port  of  Brazil,  famous
as  a  trading  depot  and  one  of  the  centers  of
the  rubber  industry.  It  is  located  on  the  Rio
Negro,  at  its  mouth  where  it  empties  into  the
great  Amazon,  one  thousand  miles  from  the
Atlantic  Ocean,  and  maintains  direct  steamship ­
  connection  with  the  United  States  and
Europe  as  well  as  the  other  ports  of  Brazil.
Perhaps  no  other  country  in  the  world  is  so