Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . taking the firsttrain for the show places along the Canal line, or forthe more picturesque town of Panama. This willprobably continue to be the case when the linersbegin passing through the Canal to the travelers will doubtless leave their ships at the Atlantic side, make a hasty drive about Colon—it really can be seen in an hour—and then go by railto Panama, anticipating the arrival of their ship there by seven hours andgetting some idea of thecountry en route. Visi-tors with more time tospare will find one of theshort drives that is
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . taking the firsttrain for the show places along the Canal line, or forthe more picturesque town of Panama. This willprobably continue to be the case when the linersbegin passing through the Canal to the travelers will doubtless leave their ships at the Atlantic side, make a hasty drive about Colon—it really can be seen in an hour—and then go by railto Panama, anticipating the arrival of their ship there by seven hours andgetting some idea of thecountry en route. Visi-tors with more time tospare will find one of theshort drives that is worthwhile a trip to the ceme-tery of Mount Hope wherefrom the very beginningof the town those who fellin the long battle withnature have been laid torest. The little whiteheadstones multiplied fastin the gay and recklessFrench days before sani-tation was thought of, andwhen riot and dissipationwere the rule and scarcely discouraged. MonkeyHill was the original name of the place, owing tothe multitude of monkeys gamboling and chattering. THE NATIONAL GAME—COCK-FIGHTING in the foliage, but as the graves multiplied andthe monkeys vanished the rude unfitness of thename became apparent and it gave place to AmountHope. It is pitiful enough in any case; but if youwill study the dates on the headstones you will find COLON STREETS IN THE EARLY DAYS 35 the years after 1905 show a rapid lessening in thenumber of tenants. If you consider the pictures of certain streets ofColon during two phases of their history, you willhave little trouble in understanding why the deathrate in the town has been steadily decreasing. In atown built upon a natural morass, and on which reaching a floating board benevolently providedby some merchant who hoped to thus bring customto his doors. Along the water front between thesteamship piers and the railroad there was an effortto pave somewhat as there was heavy freight tobe handled, but even there the pavement wouldsink out of sight overnight, and at no
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