The American tropics; . ested that he was awake, sober and sane— [135] The American Tropics but there in the west was the sun, whoseconduct had always been considered wellregulated and above reproach. If the orbwere actually consistent, it must at the closeof day set behind the hills toward the Atlan-tic in the east. On inquiry, however, it wasfound that the Bay of Panama at this pointsweeps around the city, and what appearedto be a boundless main was in reality but anarm of the Pacific Ocean extending due was the sun exonerated. While at present the city of Panama is asalubrious and
The American tropics; . ested that he was awake, sober and sane— [135] The American Tropics but there in the west was the sun, whoseconduct had always been considered wellregulated and above reproach. If the orbwere actually consistent, it must at the closeof day set behind the hills toward the Atlan-tic in the east. On inquiry, however, it wasfound that the Bay of Panama at this pointsweeps around the city, and what appearedto be a boundless main was in reality but anarm of the Pacific Ocean extending due was the sun exonerated. While at present the city of Panama is asalubrious and comfortable place to live, onemust not think that all of its ancient gloryhas departed. Few other influences thanthat of time have changed its appearance,while the moist and equable climate has lenta softening effect which enhances it in theeyes of the appreciative. It is true that ofthe old city but a single tower remains, thatof the Cathedral, but the new Panama is oldand sufficiently picturesque to warrant a [136]. A Midwinter Cruise visit. Its approach from the ocean is saidto be strikingly beautiful. The buildings have a character peculiarlytheir own. Many of the older houses are ofthree stories with the two upper ones pro-jecting over the street. In some of the nar-rower thoroughfares the distance from onehouse to another in the upper stories occu-pied as dwellings, permits of easy communi-cation, friendly or otherwise, with onesneighbors across the way. The lower flooris given up to stores, shops or even stables. The crowning feature of Panama, as of allLatin-American cities great and small, is theduomo or cathedral which was built in has two lofty towers said to be the highestin Central America and a roof of mother-of-pearl. During the century after its con-struction it suffered but little from seismicdisturbances, but six years after its restora-tion in 1876 it was badly shaken by anearthquake which threw down its restoration is now nearing comple
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