Under the Southern cross in South America . COLUMBUS STATUE AND DE LESSEES COTTAGE, COLON. HOMES OF NEGRO LABORERS, CANAL ZONE 47 THE BOUNDING BUCCANEERS 49 There are not many remarkable sights in Colon. The dwellingsare principally little frame cottages of neat appearance and verywell kept since the advent of the Americans. The coral drive sur-rounding the bay is very pleasant during the daytime, but at even-ing, when the mosquitoes come forth in swarms from the marshes,travelers are glad to seek protection from Anopheles behindthe screens of the wooden verandas. An object that attract
Under the Southern cross in South America . COLUMBUS STATUE AND DE LESSEES COTTAGE, COLON. HOMES OF NEGRO LABORERS, CANAL ZONE 47 THE BOUNDING BUCCANEERS 49 There are not many remarkable sights in Colon. The dwellingsare principally little frame cottages of neat appearance and verywell kept since the advent of the Americans. The coral drive sur-rounding the bay is very pleasant during the daytime, but at even-ing, when the mosquitoes come forth in swarms from the marshes,travelers are glad to seek protection from Anopheles behindthe screens of the wooden verandas. An object that attracted our attention was the colossal bronzestatue of Columbus, a gift from the late Emperor of the French,(Colon itself in name is the Spanish equivalent for Columbus.)The great navigator is represented as protecting with his right handthe kneeling figure of an Indian maiden, whose features apparentlyseem moved by the kind act. To the rear of the Columbus statueis the De Lesseps house, where the famous French engineer livedfor a time when he essayed (to him) the insurmountable task ofcutt
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