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Rio Grande Do Norte

a mari- 22,190 square miles. The surface is mountainous in the interior and poorly drained, the chief river being the Pi- The region is near the equator.

Among the industries are fishing, salt production, vegetable wax preparation, horse and cattle raising, while rubber, sugar-cane, cotton, millet, and mandioca are cultivated. The capital is Natal.

Pop . about 430,000.

S. province of Brazil; bounded partly by RIO -GRANDE-DO-SUL, the extreme the Atlantic, and bordering on Uruguay 336 square miles. Pop. about 900,000. and the Argentine Republic; area, 91,- It is well watered, contains much fertile land, and has a healthy climate. On the coast is the large lake or lagoon of Patos, besides others. The chief occupations of the inhabitants and agriculture. are cattle rearing tion are over 200,000 Germans, there be- Among the populaing a number of flourishing German settlements.

There are some 600 miles of railway. Hides, tallow, horse-hair, bones, etc., are exported. Capital, Porto Alegre.