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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 648 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GUALEGUAYCHU , a prosperous commercial and

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INDUSTRIAL

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TOWN

town and

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PORT

port of the

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province of Entre Rios,

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ARGENTINE

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REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic, on the

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LEFT

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BANK

bank of the Gualeguaychl

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RIVER

river, 11 m. above its confluence with the

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URUGUAY (officially the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, and long locally called the Banda Oriental, meaning the land on the eastern side of the river Uruguay, from which the country takes its name)

Uruguay, and 12o m . N. of Buenos Aires . Pop . (1892, est.) 14,000 . It is the

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CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief town of a

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DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the same name, the largest in the province . A

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bar at the mouth of the river prevents the entrance of larger vessels and compels the

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TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of cargoes to and from lighters . The town is surrounded by a

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rich grazing

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COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and exports

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CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, jerked

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BEEF (through O. Fr. boef, mod. boeuf, from Lat. bos, bovis, ox, Gr. f3oiir, which show the ultimate connexion with the Sanskrit go, gaits, ox, and thus with " cow")

beef, mutton, hides, pelts,

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TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

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WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and various by-products . A

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BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

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LINE

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RUNNING

running N. connects with the Entre Rios

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RAILWAYS

railways at Basavilbaso . The town was founded in 1783 .

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