Panama and the canal . Length oi Nearest Alligator was 18 Feet 6 Inches. 30 Inches Long. Sticks in Mouths About might come to a sudden end then and there. Wise peoplekeep away from these animals, unless heavily armed andaccustomed to their tricks. Probably by this time we should be glad if it were as easyto escape from all the dangerous and troublesome animalson the Isthmus, as it is from the alligators. SCENE IX COLON HARBOR 6q. Copyrii;Jit by Cnd^iivf-^d ir- Cndci-a-<Ld. In the Harbor of Colon We May See Some of the San Bl.\s Indians. 70 A DANGEROUS PEST My touch is light and downy,They k
Panama and the canal . Length oi Nearest Alligator was 18 Feet 6 Inches. 30 Inches Long. Sticks in Mouths About might come to a sudden end then and there. Wise peoplekeep away from these animals, unless heavily armed andaccustomed to their tricks. Probably by this time we should be glad if it were as easyto escape from all the dangerous and troublesome animalson the Isthmus, as it is from the alligators. SCENE IX COLON HARBOR 6q. Copyrii;Jit by Cnd^iivf-^d ir- Cndci-a-<Ld. In the Harbor of Colon We May See Some of the San Bl.\s Indians. 70 A DANGEROUS PEST My touch is light and downy,They know not I am thereTill ZIM! what howls and curses!Tis laughable I swear! So says the Panama mosquito,—at least the Panama poettells us that he does. It may be laughable,—for the mos-quito. But when we see with what care theMosquitoes houses are screened against this little pest, andlearn that one sort of mosquito carries in itssting the germs of the dreaded Yellow Fever, we shall cometo think of this tiny animal, as, in many ways, the mostdangerous in Panama. The bites of fleas and sand flies arebad enough, and there are many of them; but the bite ofsome Panama mosquitoes may mean death. We can see now that the wild animals of the Isthmus aremany of them as different from the wild animals of theUnited States, as are the trees and fruits different from ourown. We shall also see that the people themselves are quiteas di
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