Identifier: panamapicturesna00dele (find matches)
Title: Panama pictures; nature and life in the land of the great canal
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Delevante, Michael. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, Alden brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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NATURE AND LIFE. 21 Comfortably seated in one of the new, pa-latial passenger-cars, which had lately beenput into service, I watched the beautifulfields stretch out in all their pensive quiet-ness—the peaceful flow of the lakes andrivers, as our train dashed madly by—puff-ing—panting—snorting—eager, it seemed,for the end of its journey. The scene was simply enchanting: thewhole view of the surrounding country laybefore me like a beautiful panorama; forthe Jungle-wood, all around and about it,was wild-flower dotted, while the air wascool and balmy, and redolent of thosestrange, soft odors, which are natural to thetropics I On the trees of the green, denseforests, the rains, which had fallen the nightbefore, had left their heavenly benedictionsin large, white crystal drops, which scin-tillated beneath the rays of the early morn-ing sun, until it seemed as though you werebeing hurried through fields upon fields ofmyriad and myriad of diamonds! And yet, despite of all these beau

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