Panama pictures; nature and life in the land of the great canal . ose. Then, beneath you, into a deep ravine, on 42 PANAMA PICTURES. the summit of which your train is passing,you see a clear-white, crystal stream, rush-ing madly down the incline of a moss-growncemented terrace, until, with spumescentbubbles, it is caught into the boiling mael-strom of the deeper pool below, and carriedaway on the bosom of the stronger , the native women, with their skirtsraised high up to their knees, and their scantupper, garments opened wide enough tomake them anatomically^ expressive, washtheir
Panama pictures; nature and life in the land of the great canal . ose. Then, beneath you, into a deep ravine, on 42 PANAMA PICTURES. the summit of which your train is passing,you see a clear-white, crystal stream, rush-ing madly down the incline of a moss-growncemented terrace, until, with spumescentbubbles, it is caught into the boiling mael-strom of the deeper pool below, and carriedaway on the bosom of the stronger , the native women, with their skirtsraised high up to their knees, and their scantupper, garments opened wide enough tomake them anatomically^ expressive, washtheir clothes, daily, then beat them on big,white rocks with a swish!—swish!—swish!that echoes throughout the jungle. • GORGONA. There has always been much to say, andmuch to Avrite, about this delightful spotalong the line of the Rail Road; but nowthere is still more, on account of the betterconditions which have prevailed since theAmericans went that way and, so to speak,lifted the place from out the Pompeii of thePast, to that of its present status, enjoying. :p NATURE AND LIFE. 43 the improvements and conveniences of amodern city, hitherto unl^nown in the his-tory of this district. Gorgona is the favorite summer resort ofthe Panamanians, wlio go there, every year,to spend the Dry Season, in order to escapethe dust of the Metropolis and the tryingheat of the Verano months. Topographically, Gorgona stands uponthe summit of two slight elevations, inter-sected by the Rail Road lines, which dividethe Station into two distinct and separatesections—the one on the left, going towardsPanama, being the original Native Settle-ment, where there is a road branching off toa steep, narrow pathway, upon each side ofwhich the residences of the employes of theIsthmian Canal Commission are situated. Beyond this, after descending a tall flightof wooden stairs, you come to a trail, alongthe Rail Road tracks, which leads you to theimmense Warehouses of the Material andSupply Department, and th
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