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Show In the Guianas In the Guianas as the land rises ever higher towards the mountains of the south, the forests give place to the "savannas," great rolling plains where the grasses grow man-high. man-high. This is ideal cattle country, with only one disadvantage, the difficulty dif-ficulty of reaching it, for there are no railroads except along the coast. The rivers are highways and they are so impeded by rapids and waterfalls water-falls that steamers cannot go far inland. Only small boats such as the Indian dugout canoes can be used on the upper stretches. |