Famine Spreads to Northern Brazil
FAMINE is causing suffering in more places than China and India this year. The northern part of Brazil is having a hard time. The drought continues, and it is said that unless rain comes soon no crops can be planted this season. A recent report says, that “aid to the sufferers is most difficult for want of conveyance on account of not having water and food for the animals. The famished population flock in bands to the capitals of the provinces, and it causes horror to see these unfortunates, almost naked and as thin as corpses, wan and enfeebled by weariness with the long and painful journey they have undergone, and suffering from the effects of diseases produced by the wild roots and other substances they have eaten. The situation is most melancholy. Thousands are dying from starvation.”