Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . ^ viewthe sea,And sternly waitthe certain fateThe ages shall de-cree. We land in the co-coanut grove across So PANAMA AND THE CANAL. OUR GUIDE AT SAN LORENZO the river from the ruins we have come to see andtne uninitiated among us wonder why. It appearshowever that the descendants of the natives whoso readily surrendered dominion of the land to theSpaniards are made of sterner stuff than their an-cestors. Or perhaps it was because we had neitherswords or breastplates that they reversed the i6th?century practice and extorted tribute of silver fromI
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . ^ viewthe sea,And sternly waitthe certain fateThe ages shall de-cree. We land in the co-coanut grove across So PANAMA AND THE CANAL. OUR GUIDE AT SAN LORENZO the river from the ruins we have come to see andtne uninitiated among us wonder why. It appearshowever that the descendants of the natives whoso readily surrendered dominion of the land to theSpaniards are made of sterner stuff than their an-cestors. Or perhaps it was because we had neitherswords or breastplates that they reversed the i6th?century practice and extorted tribute of silver fromIIS for ferrying us across the stream in cayucas whenour own boats and boat-men would have given us agreater sense of security. Landed in the village wewere convoyed with great ceremony to the alcaldeshut where it was demanded that we register ournames and places of residence. Perhaps that gavelis a vote in the Republic of Panama, but we saw nopolitical evidences about unless a small saloon, in ahut thatched with palmetto leaves and with a mudfloor and basket work sides might be taken for aheadquarters. ? Indeed the saloon and a framechurch were about the only signs of
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