. Panama pictures : nature and life in the land of the great canal. MATURE AND LIFE. 27 thoroughfare; second, there is the -Beach/which has already been described, and,third, there is Cristobal, where the offices ofthe Isthmian Canal Commission and theresidences of its employes are pleasantlysituated. This settlement, which Avas oncea Swampy Eden, minus a Mark Tapleyand a young Chuzzlewit, is now a beautifullittle spot, laid out with picturesque woodencottages, which are shaded by long rows ofcocoanut trees. The principal thorough-fare in this direction, is Talm Avenue, atthe end of which are
. Panama pictures : nature and life in the land of the great canal. MATURE AND LIFE. 27 thoroughfare; second, there is the -Beach/which has already been described, and,third, there is Cristobal, where the offices ofthe Isthmian Canal Commission and theresidences of its employes are pleasantlysituated. This settlement, which Avas oncea Swampy Eden, minus a Mark Tapleyand a young Chuzzlewit, is now a beautifullittle spot, laid out with picturesque woodencottages, which are shaded by long rows ofcocoanut trees. The principal thorough-fare in this direction, is Talm Avenue, atthe end of which are the two famous DeLesseps Palaces, which are now being usedas offices: one by the Engineering and Con-structing Department, and the other by G. Tubby, the indefatigable Chief of theDivision of Material and Supplies, throughwhose hands must pass the multiplicity ofarticles—from a pick to a steam-shovel—necessary for the construction of the greatIsthmian Water-way! Immediately opposite to these two pal-aces, which have latelj^ undergone extensiverepairs a
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