. Pacific shores from Panama . nder the bridge by thecaptains cabin. The coal-barges lay alongside, and in the fitful lightof electric reflectors we could see the passers, a motleycrew, half naked, grimy, black by nature or by dust,one could not tell which, shovelling the coal likedemons, in the weird night light. Our next Mexican port was Manzanillo, whoselighthouse, perched upon a bluff, was the first that wehad remarked on all the coast. We ran in close underit, swung into a wide and beautiful gulf, and anchoredbehind a fine, new breakwater, where lies the littletown, the western terminal o
. Pacific shores from Panama . nder the bridge by thecaptains cabin. The coal-barges lay alongside, and in the fitful lightof electric reflectors we could see the passers, a motleycrew, half naked, grimy, black by nature or by dust,one could not tell which, shovelling the coal likedemons, in the weird night light. Our next Mexican port was Manzanillo, whoselighthouse, perched upon a bluff, was the first that wehad remarked on all the coast. We ran in close underit, swung into a wide and beautiful gulf, and anchoredbehind a fine, new breakwater, where lies the littletown, the western terminal of one of the Mexicanrailways, straggling along a sand-bar. We wentashore on principle, but found little to interest usexcept some pretty jucgos, or sets of Guadalajara [278] THE ISTHMUS TO THE GOLDEN GATE pottery—bottle, plate, and drinking-cup, made tomatch. The town is dirty and unattractive, thecountry dry and desolate. There remained but one more port of call, SanBias, and a tiny pearl of the tropics it is, set in shores. ^^^^k^^-^ Manzanillo Bay of vivid green and groves of palm-trees. We castanchor a mile or two offshore, near a British gun-boat, and immediately a boat put off from her and oneof her officers came to call upon our captain. Whata trim boats crew it was—how spick and span theiruniforms, how well fed, how ruddy their complexions [279] PACIFIC SHORES FROM PANAMA under their cork helmets after the sallow skins ofthe Central Americans we had been seeing! Our steamer had two thousand bunches of bananasto take aboard, so we went ashore for the afternoon
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