CHAPTER XVIII
THE FUTURE OF VENEZUELA 261
A great opportunity—The Panama Canal—The Llanos—Petroleum-fields—Liquid fuel—Position of Venezuela—Guayana—Possibilities—Colonisation—Government—The military-political class—The disgrace of labour—Better conditions—Vargas—The “Matos” revolution—General Gomez—Hopes to be realised—Honesty and justice—Development—Roads—Railways—Education—Consular service—Great Britain’s trade with Venezuela—A poor third—British capital—The people’s responsibility—An opportunity.
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A 269
Population of States and districts under the Constitution of 1909 according to the census of 1891
APPENDIX B 274
Imports (by classes)—Imports (by countries)—Exports (by products)—Imports (classes and countries)—Exports (by products and ports)
APPENDIX C 281
Population, altitude, mean annual temperature and death rate of principal Venezuelan cities—Heights of principal mountains
APPENDIX D 283
Government finance—Revenue—Expenditure
APPENDIX E 285
The National Debt of Venezuela—Internal debt—Foreign debt
BIBLIOGRAPHY 287
General Works—Geographical—Geological—Botanical and Zoological—Historical—Ethnological—Carácas and the “Centro”—Zulia—The Andes, Falcón, &c.—The “Oriente”—The Llanos—Bolivar City and State—The Territorio Amazonas—Resources, commercial development, communications, &c.
INDEX 314
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CATHEDRAL: CARÁCAS _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
PENINSULA OF PARIA FROM TRINIDAD 28
IN THE DELTA 28
PANORAMA OF THE ANDES FROM NORTH OF CARACHE 36
IN THE UPPER TEMPERATE ZONE: THE CHAMA VALLEY 50
CLOUD DRIFTS IN THE ANDES 58
TORBES VALLEY AND THE COLOMBIAN HILLS 58
THE CHAMA VALLEY ABOVE MÉRIDA 68
MOUNTAIN STREAM NEAR CUMANACOA AND CUMANÁ 68
BARQUISIMETO 78
STATUE IN PLAZA BOLIVAR: CARÁCAS 88
THE UNIVERSITY: CARÁCAS 98
THE FEDERAL PALACE: CARÁCAS 108
OVEN: LA RAYA 116
AN ANDINE POSADA: LA RAYA 116
LA GUAIRA HARBOUR 128
PLAZA BOLIVAR: VALENCIA 138
MARACAIBO BAY 148
SAN TIMOTEO: LAKE OF MARACAIBO 148
A STREET IN LA GRITA 158
PUENTE REAL: GORGE OF THE CHAMA 158
THE SIERRA NEVADA AND CATHEDRAL OF MÉRIDA 168
WILLEMSTAD: CURAÇAO 178
THE HARBOUR: WILLEMSTAD 178
PUERTO CRISTOBAL COLÓN 188
RUINED CHURCH: BARCELONA 198
CASA FUERTE: BARCELONA 198
MESA OF ESNOJAQUE: TRUJILLO 208
MÉRIDA: LOOKING SOUTH FROM UNIVERSITY 208
CARRYING TILES ON OX-BACK: NEAR TOVAR 218
CROSSING THE TORBES IN FLOOD 228
THE “PITCH” LAKE: TRINIDAD 244
COUNTRY COACH: BARQUISIMETO 256
ON THE BOLIVAR RAILWAY 256
The frontispiece and the illustrations facing pages 78, 88, 98, 108, 128, 138 are taken from “Venezuela,” by N. Veloz-Goiticoa, by permission of the Bureau of South American Republics, Washington, U.S.A.
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