Show brazil well described as world in itself brazil has haa features fe res of distinctive interest both in IX the universe in general and to ourselves in particular kipling once said that the region ever which the benevolent and bewhiskered dom pedro 11 II ruled Is a world orld in itself nor did he overshoot the mark with sn nn area of square miles brazil Is greater in extent than the united states excluding alaska and tile the insular possessions some of the states are larger than the largest european coun countries coundrie trie isaac F marcusson Mar casson writes in the saturday evening post amazons amazonas Aina zonas for example Is five fire times the size of grent great britain while matto blatto grosso coult could cover nn an r france rance twice putting it in another way brazil Is bigger than the whole european continent not counting a part of russia and Is the fifth country anywhere in geographical scope the average man thinks of brazil braz in terms of rio do de janeiro loveliest of all harbors it lives up tip to the advertisement verti tind and his cup of breakfast coffee the republic accounts for nearly 70 per cont cent of the total coffee supply nil but t brazil Is much more to no 1 land and lias has nature been more generous in the bestowal of her rich gifts of raw material an observer hns has stated that it if a deluge should again inundate this world only brazil and the united states the two countries could still varry carry rn on their lives and industries with one supplementing the other oilier brazil could supply rubber sugar coffod rice bananas linnan its meat cacao c iron ore manganese and timber especially peel ally mahogany while we could contribute wheat corn copper cotton fruit articles of nil all kinds and capital practically tile the only essentials lacking would be tin nna platinum |