Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . it and find a little native sugar, very moistand very dark, made up like a sausage, or a tamalein corn husks. Other mysterious objects turn outto be ginseng, which appeals to the resident Chinese;the mamei, a curious pulpy fruit the size of a largepeach, with a skin like chamois and a fleshly looking pit about the size of a peach-stone; the sapodilla,a plum colored fruit with a mushy interior, whichwhen cut transversely shows a star-like marking andis sometimes called the star apple. It is eatenwith a spoon and is palatable. The mamei, how-ever, l
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . it and find a little native sugar, very moistand very dark, made up like a sausage, or a tamalein corn husks. Other mysterious objects turn outto be ginseng, which appeals to the resident Chinese;the mamei, a curious pulpy fruit the size of a largepeach, with a skin like chamois and a fleshly looking pit about the size of a peach-stone; the sapodilla,a plum colored fruit with a mushy interior, whichwhen cut transversely shows a star-like marking andis sometimes called the star apple. It is eatenwith a spoon and is palatable. The mamei, how-ever, like the mango, requires a specially trainedtaste. While puzzling over the native fruits a suddenclamor attracts us to a different part of the drama is in full enactment. The marketplace is at the edge of the bay and up the watersteps three exultant fishermen have dragged a tunaabout five feet long, weighing perhaps 175 is not a particularly large fish of the species, butits captors are highly exultant and one, with the. CAYUCAS ON MARKET DAY
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