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 | | Paraguay proper, or the country between the Paraguay and the Paran, is traversed from north to south by a broad jrregular belt of highlands, which are known as the Cordillera Ambaya, Cordillera Urucury, andc., but partake rather of the character of plateaus, and form a continuation and outwork of the great interior plateau of Brazil. |
 | | But the country sloping to the Paraguay, and comprising the greater part of the settled districts, is, in keeping with its proximity to the vast plains of Argentina, grassy and open, though the hills are usually covered with forest and clumps of trees are frequent in the lowlands. |
 | | The guarantee debt due to the Paraguay Central railway exceeds 1,500,000; and the total indebtedness of the republic on the 31st of December 1908 may be estimated at 7,650,000. |
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