. Illustrated history of the Panama Railroad; together with a traveler's guide and business man's hand-book for the Panama Railroad and its connections with Europe, the United States, the north and south Atlantic and Pacific coasts, China, Australia, and Japan, by sail and steam . only separated by a narrow belt of foliage from the watersof the bay. The shores on every hand are skirted with adense growth of mangrove bushes, which droop deep intothe water, while directly in front, through the vista openedby the railway, an apparently interminable forest meets theeye. These waters abound in the
. Illustrated history of the Panama Railroad; together with a traveler's guide and business man's hand-book for the Panama Railroad and its connections with Europe, the United States, the north and south Atlantic and Pacific coasts, China, Australia, and Japan, by sail and steam . only separated by a narrow belt of foliage from the watersof the bay. The shores on every hand are skirted with adense growth of mangrove bushes, which droop deep intothe water, while directly in front, through the vista openedby the railway, an apparently interminable forest meets theeye. These waters abound in the beautiful varieties offishknown among the natives as flores del mar, or theflowers of the sea: in shape and size they resemble thesun-fish of our Northern lakes, and are remarkable for theirvaried and brilliant colors. The mangrove bushes are not unlike the banyan-tree inthe manner of their growth. Their branches, shooting down-ward, frequently enter the soil, take root, and, interlacingagain and again, form a barrier requiring a stout hatchet ormachete to overcome. Many of the branches which dipinto the water are loaded with a variety of the Crustaceae,almost, if not quite, identical with our Northern oysters, va-rying in size from a dime to a dollar: several pounds often. PANAMA RAILROAD. 89 depend from a single bough. Submerged by every tide,they are well nourished and exceedingly palatable, and, al-though so small, well worth the trouble of opening. En-glish snipe, plover, teal, heron, and pelican are abundantabout here at certain seasons. About a mile farther on, to the left of a spur of highland, through which the railway passes by a deep long cut,is seen the tall forest of Mount Hope, upon which is locatedthe general cemetery of Aspinwall. A pleasant windingpath through the thick undergrowth soon brings you uponthe spot. Dense foliage surrounds it on every side. Thisplace was selected for a burial-ground shortly after thecommencement of the road, and many victims to the
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