Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . Photo hy Gause. SAN BLAS BOATS AT THE MARKET PLACE THE VEGETABLE MARKET The market is open at dawn, andthe buyers are there almost as soon asthe sellers, for early rising is the rulein the tropics. Along the sidewalks,on the curbs, in the muddy roadwayeven, the diverse fruits and food prod-ucts of the country are spread forthto tempt the robust appetites of thosegathered about. Here is an Indianwoman, the color of a cocoanut, andcrinkled as to skin like a piece ofChinese crepe. Before her is spreadout her stock, diverse and in someitems curious. G
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . Photo hy Gause. SAN BLAS BOATS AT THE MARKET PLACE THE VEGETABLE MARKET The market is open at dawn, andthe buyers are there almost as soon asthe sellers, for early rising is the rulein the tropics. Along the sidewalks,on the curbs, in the muddy roadwayeven, the diverse fruits and food prod-ucts of the country are spread forthto tempt the robust appetites of thosegathered about. Here is an Indianwoman, the color of a cocoanut, andcrinkled as to skin like a piece ofChinese crepe. Before her is spreadout her stock, diverse and in someitems curious. Green peppers, toma-toes a little larger than a small plum, SCENES IN THE PANAMA MARKET 231
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