Panama pictures; nature and life in the land of the great canal . MATURE AND LIFE. 67 the most important Station on the Zone—the pillar of the one part being well sup-ported by the gentleman of the hour; whilethe 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
Panama pictures; nature and life in the land of the great canal . MATURE AND LIFE. 67 the most important Station on the Zone—the pillar of the one part being well sup-ported by the gentleman of the hour; whilethe 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 PAN
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