“ The climate, although hot, is not unhealthful, and the soil is very fertile. Industrially, the State is very little developed, and its principal articles of trade are food products. With an area three and a half times as large as that of France, an abundance of fertile land, and excellent waterways, Amazonas had (1900) a population of 207,600, or less than one inhabitant for three square miles. Capital, Manãos, which is also the chief port. Amazonas formed a part of the State of Pará, and was constituted a separate State in 1850. ”