Panama and the canal . Panama Cathedral and Corner of Independence Plaza. Two towers the old Cathedral hftsAbove the sea-walled town. In either turret, staves in hand,All day the mongrel ringers standAnd sound, far over bay and land,The Bells of Panama. built to protect the town in the old pirate days. Theymust surely have expected Henry Morgan to return withhis blood-thirsty pira,tes, so thick and high did they buildit. In fact, so much money was spent upon it that theangry Spanish king is said to have asked if it were notbuilt entirely of silver. Only portions of the old walls nowremain. TID
Panama and the canal . Panama Cathedral and Corner of Independence Plaza. Two towers the old Cathedral hftsAbove the sea-walled town. In either turret, staves in hand,All day the mongrel ringers standAnd sound, far over bay and land,The Bells of Panama. built to protect the town in the old pirate days. Theymust surely have expected Henry Morgan to return withhis blood-thirsty pira,tes, so thick and high did they buildit. In fact, so much money was spent upon it that theangry Spanish king is said to have asked if it were notbuilt entirely of silver. Only portions of the old walls nowremain. TIDES IN THE PACIFIC S3 At Colon the tide rises and falls less than two feet,—that is, the surface of the ocean always remains at about the same BeachMarket. level. x\t Pan-ama, on the otherhand, the tide risesand falls nearlytwenty feet. Dur-ing one part of theday we may see thecity wall at hightide and with num-bers of small fruitand fishing boatsanchored near same spot atlow tide wouldscarcely be recog-nized. The vesselsare lying on drybottom and theircargoes are beingunloaded. From upand down the coastall manner of fruits are brought in these boats, and wdienthe tide is out, the beach market makes an odd sight. Old Cathedral Bells, Panama City. §4 ECUADOR HATS At home we most often hear the name of Panama con-nected with the soft, beautifully-woven hats, so common in summer weather. Some of us may have beenHats™* looking curiously into the native huts or into the city houses, in the hope of seeing the peopleat work on these hats. They can be seen in most of thecurious little stores, but where are they made, we ask. Notat all in Panama, is the reply, but away off on the west coast ?J. ?r t 1 f ^ \ 1
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