Panama pictures; nature and life in the land of the great canal . amenities of the other are ably executedby his amiable Ladj^ who, by her charmingmanners, has succeeded in making herselfthe most popular figure among the best so-cial circles on the Isthmus. At Culebra, the Panama Rail Eoadbranches off to a comparatively new line,called The Deviation, built by the French,and inaugurated on the 3rd day of March,1901, and which opened up the loveliest bitof country and scenery to be found in anypart of South or Central America. The Deviation is five miles long; andabout one mile and a half from w
Panama pictures; nature and life in the land of the great canal . amenities of the other are ably executedby his amiable Ladj^ who, by her charmingmanners, has succeeded in making herselfthe most popular figure among the best so-cial circles on the Isthmus. At Culebra, the Panama Rail Eoadbranches off to a comparatively new line,called The Deviation, built by the French,and inaugurated on the 3rd day of March,1901, and which opened up the loveliest bitof country and scenery to be found in anypart of South or Central America. The Deviation is five miles long; andabout one mile and a half from where it be-gins, there is an Iron Bridge, one hundredand twenty-five feet long, spanning the RioGrande, which was dammed into a lake inorder to divert the course of the waters ofthe rivers from the Canal Works at Cule-bra. The lake is beautiful! In its silent, glassydepths are mirrored, inverted, the stately 68 PANAMA PICTURES. mountain-peaks, green with the growth ofages past; and tall and graceful-bendingbamboos fringe the edges of its uncomplain-ing NATURE AND LIFE. 69 PART VI. The present City of Panama, which wasfounded in the j^ear 1519, is situated aboutfive miles and a half Avest of the originalcity, known, to-day, as Old Panama,which was captured by Buccaneer Morganand his handful of daring adventurers onthe 28th of January, 1671, and immediatelyafterwards reduced to ashes, because it wasdiscovered by Morgan that he had been clev-erly outwitted by the Panamanians who,anticipating the attack on the city, hadplaced on board of a vessel lying in the har-bor, all the gold and silver ornaments of theconvents and the churches, the Kings silverand jewels, as well as all the other valua-bles belonging to private individuals. For,at the time written of. Old Panama was thedistributing centre of the rich countries ofthe South, such as Chili and Peru, for theimmense cargoes of treasure, which were 70 PANA3IA PICTURES. constantly arriving for the King of Spain,who ^Yas Cha
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