Piauhi
or PIAUHY (pē-ou-ē), a area, 116,490 square miles. Pop. about 5.0,000. Its coast line is not above 10 miles in length. The soil, generally composed of alluvium, is of great natural fertility; but there is very little agriculture. The rearing of cattle, esteemed the best in Brazil, constitutes the principal source of wealth. Capital, Therezina; port, Parnahyba. The river, one of the largest in Italy, takes its rise in the Venetian Alps, flows southeast, then southwest, emptying into the Gulf of Venice, a few miles west of