Identifier: panamapicturesn00dele (find matches)
Title: Panama pictures : nature and life in the land of the great canal
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Delevante, Michael
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Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : Alden Brothers
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se. Then, beneath you, into a deep ravine, on 42 PANA3IA PICTURES. the summit of which your train is passing,you see a clear-white, crystal stream, rush-ing madly down the incline of a moss-growncemented terrace, until, with spumescentbubbles, it is caught into the boiling mael-strom of the deeper pool below, and carriedaAvay on the bosom of the stronger current.Here, the native women, with their skirtsraised high up to their knees, and their scant-upper, garments opened wide enough tomake them anatomically expressive, washtheir clothes, daily, then beat them on big,white rocks with a swish!—SAvish!—swish!that echoes throughout the jungle. GORGONA. There has always been much to say, andmuch to write, about this delightful spotalong the line of the Rail Road; but nowthere is still more, on account of the betterconditions which have prevailed since theAmericans went that way and, so to speak,lifted the place from out the Pompeii of thePast;, to that of its present status, enjojdn^ o
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NATURE AND LIFE. 43 the improvements and conveniences of amodern city, hitherto unknown in the his-tory of this district. Gorgona is the favorite summer resort ofthe Panamanians, who go there, every year,to spend the Dry Season, in order to escapethe dust of the Metropolis and the tryingheat of the Verano months. Topographically, Gorgona stands uponthe summit of two slight elevations, inter-sected by the Rail Koad lines, which dividethe Station into two distinct and separatesections—the one on the left, going towardsPanama, being the original Native Settle-ment, w here there is a road branching off toa steep, narrow pathway, upon each side ofwhich the residences of the employes of theIsthmian Canal Commission are situated. Beyond this, after descending a tall flightof wooden stairs, you come to a trail, alongthe Rail Road tracks, which leads you to theimmense Warehouses of the Material andSupply Department, and the I. C. C. Ma-chine Shops, Round Houses and Foundry,the equipment of a

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