VENEZUELA'S COAST.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 428, 21 July 1904, Page 3

VENEZUELA'S COAST.

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"' afthe attempt <ya 'W^^t^W- f Germany ■^<r^ 'payment of certain and the .fact that >his cpiuvtry iainore or leas co ucerhed in A &eW events through the application of the ifonßOe-'doctrine to possible' abm'pli6atioß«' of the situation, haa aroused generekintejaeat to mvsh Januextent that afdeecription of thS mtnraf and- artificial .oharacteristii;s.iof».th«t -Bertion ..q$ the country neftß .tjhes.Bcene of operations may be , of t the Chicago Tribune. ... Near Ia entry to , Curacy, ihe ooa«t M nigh and rugged, .the mountains rising perpendicular, *heir f base* waah'ed by . the blue wa'tArs bt the /'Caribbean aea, their suiuniits capped bj; huge masaes of billowy cloudfi. , slw tdwra of La G¥ayra i« on the eatt-ei;p,;«id>-of !%,»a}(£ll bay, the natural out-line*..of wfe}«h have been extended an<i.improved by .*meens pf a 6tone , breakwater and quay, which «fare*«he» due wea| from the eefttern extremity t of tli'e bay* ,' s •-. • i ■ - town are mostr ly one-story in built of sundried brick, , .plastered outside and painted white or and the roofs are of red, sun-baked tilea. Back e4-4he-town, toJthe south and ..eagt;, sides, on ' a spur of which tftands; sh« little forfci%a&MMi»*4;tyas3gh» which ia reached the so||4 ( rock. o^, Thie..fprt is practical Jy the sole de'of ! gMi its guu* are ■ ol*d J -an&?-Mfr»-w*lls of sueh a natui - fcha'V ; -■' (her would rapidlj- eramble *und ; s; a: ~ 1, - d tAfM r^°%,^ den * rifles - : A landing, ></;jild be easily, nmde.tiVA'n agaiust « »«!fonp opposition /.Vhi'u: .eitected of war7^h3|,|,s wSpfi73Si ? ,account of the great •Jf|e|^Jji^of M ''^^.r/ i ahore, can • southern of the bay ' ■the mouiitama recedeJ^ om the shore, (forming on the west %. .somewhat exland." ' ■ Jj) E ;vstof-La Guayra th&ountain' bases .are.Hi^ar«^^hg;^hpr J e'|;with here and ■•stbeue a-ismaiysM^ 1 > 0 4' lan<i sufficient " W*J#el4tp'iWda9J|9'gf (p|ltivation. A sh oit and awsr.y'fwilnitiie- railroad runs . clpse to the water, to the vr i»lafe called Ma-cute,-a miles .

ffo|a?|% Guajra. r ■.. _. 4&k& di«ta»<*e>f rpmlii to Caracaljn jan £»& ljn,esVfjeven miles, but owing to the elevation oil the latter city (3,000 feet');' the* dietaM©. by rail is about .jSs.lmiten. :., The railroad is the property ,«r>n : En g-1 i sh. syndicate, ; and; .was opened for 'traffic;in ; 1,883, , constructed, and required great engineering skill to surmount the natural difficul- . tjLes. .of the route. ( , ? '• From La Guayra : tKe toad runs west •through the .little suburb ofCar<* :r;al, : and tb:e!n, irurnisttgßeuth t %nd eaet; it iasceridV, by means p£. a steel viaduct, to its aide of the mountains,-. ,and thereafter follow'ng' the t.wist»i,and. turns of, their precipitous -sides,,, passing through three or iioiir-... sh nr t fimnelß and ov6r ,18 ste«l ,a;S9en^ing / 37fOO )! ,fe ? et in a daatans4,ol miles 30fl ifi'et "the valley df the Gvayra .raer, ( Caracas-is situat-ed. • • '. oojultjfy'.alongtlus. route'Js oemparative.ly siriaH "fMmfefcVJfitf men; ctiujd successi'uMy: oppds* a vastly superior invading ■ '[ yoMilty to DeafoMM. A "Says'that men are ftorfe ,|*Mj«|t' tftJf^f* l diseases than Wm-eh-hna- thNMMo4t of every persons there are. t%v,oHkho, o<i£|)t_hear as well with one"ear-as c wM the other. In every thousand-fihildren Under 15 years of showsymptoms of some Ki^§®x%&wm : m rked de " ficymcy. in hearing power. The liauA&i&y birth to the, age" of 40 an%" then "begins graduallyto -decrease as old age advances. G»t pi jefitecV..to it 'is . e'stfinatfe'd IK a* abbrit 63 per cent, are percent, permanently reiievecL—Chicago Chronicle.