. A year of Costa Rican natural history. f*^ o O^ 3 U Ph OP-. < To face p. 17 TOPOGRAPHY AND RAILROADS 1/ very beautiful. On the rocks In the river black cormorants{Phalacrocorax vigua vigua) stood upright watching for short distance northeast of Peralta the train passedthrough a tunnel and crossed the ChlrlquI River where Itempties Into the boiling, surging Reventazon. As Tur-rlalba station Is approached the railroad Is higher abovethe river and farther from It, and much of the land wascleared, grass-covered and used for grazing. The BananaCountry has been left far behind and w
. A year of Costa Rican natural history. f*^ o O^ 3 U Ph OP-. < To face p. 17 TOPOGRAPHY AND RAILROADS 1/ very beautiful. On the rocks In the river black cormorants{Phalacrocorax vigua vigua) stood upright watching for short distance northeast of Peralta the train passedthrough a tunnel and crossed the ChlrlquI River where Itempties Into the boiling, surging Reventazon. As Tur-rlalba station Is approached the railroad Is higher abovethe river and farther from It, and much of the land wascleared, grass-covered and used for grazing. The BananaCountry has been left far behind and with It most of thenegroes, for few were seen beyond Turrlalba. From nowon there are more and more extensive views of the country,with hill and dale, mountain and valley and often magnifi-cent distances. Turrlalba was looked forward to eagerly as the pineapplestation, just as Irapuato on the Mexican Central was knownas the strawberry station. The negroes, chiefly women,brought to the passenger coaches both whole pineapples andalso slices thereof. T
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