| 1 |
 |
“..., coffee and sugar, which
largely supported the country in pre-war days. Along this
coastline, too, lives practically the whole population of the
land.
But this coastline strip is only from 10 to 50 miles deep.
Back of it, green, unending forests undulate toward moun-
tains. This, too, is “Surinam,” and by far the greatest
part of it—a country 50,000 square miles in extent, about
as large as Wisconsin.
In the center of this primeval jungle is Surinam’s geo-
logical phenomenon, Tafelberg, a triangular plateau 3,300
feet high, almost flat on top, and roughly 65 square miles
in area. Overlooking the jungle and even the plateau, are
the Wilhelmina mountains, their highest peak 4,200 feet.
Back of this strip of coastline also lies a huge stretch of
jungle so wild, so impenetrable that it is totally unin-
habited.
From the Wilhelmina mountains drop the “highways” of
Surinam—rivers flowing to the four points of the compass
—which provide practically the only access to the interior.
And in the...”
|
|
