6o SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
The population is estimated at 800,000, over 
100,000 of which are wild Indians, the re 
mainder being largely of mixed blood, negro 
predominating. There have been some spor 
adic attempts to encourage immigration, 
which have not resulted in any great move 
ment in this direction, owing to the instability 
of the government and the backward condi 
tion of the people as well as to the general 
isolation of the country. 
Travel in Paraguay is most primitive. 
There are few roads and most of the com 
merce is carried by bullock carts on almost im 
passable trails or by pack train over narrow 
paths. But one railway, having a total length 
of about 250 miles, ekes out a homeopathic 
existence, running from Asuncion, the capital, 
to Ville Encarnacion. Many railways must 
be built to open the country. One can go by 
rail from Asuncion to Buenos Aires in two 
days, the trip requiring a ferryage from Posa 
das to Ville Encarnacion. The Trans-Para 
guayan Railway now in course of construction 
will do much to develop the country. Com-