The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-21

time reach a distance of three feet in
length. Another species known as the
"hard palm is merely pitch enclosed in
in covering about an inch In thickness,
very hard and capable of being highly
polished, and when done very much re-
sembles piece of ebony. The wine palm
furnishes Il sap from which the natives dis
til sweet and very intoxicating beverage.
The ivory palm furnishes a nut about the
size of and looking very much like q po-
tato, until the brittle covering is removed,
when hard white substance Is found.
Large quantities of them are shipped from
here, and when polished it is difficult to
tell it from ivory, and your readers will be
astonished when tell them that dice, and
large number of trinkets said to be made
of ivory are made from nut that grows
on tree. Another species bears a shoot
which closely resembles an ordinary cab
bage in appearance, but as to taste | can
not say ; and yet another species furnishes
a ready made bag which will hold a half
bushel or over, and from the fibre of
another one is procured which makes a
very cool covering for the head, although
it resembles Ounce cap. The above are
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palm that grow upon the Isthmus, there
being others from which flax, sugar, house
hold utensils, etc, are procured.
Along the railroad track, growing in
| wild profusion may be seen the sensitive
plant with its feathery pink blossoms
The wild pineapple also abounds,
as does the cultivated one, and along fences
which may bescen surrounding some palan-
taton will be row of pine 9pplc bushes.
They spring from a root in the ground, the
leaves being from one to two and half
feet in length, perhaps an inch in width,
running down to a point, on the end of
which is strong prickle, the sides OF the
leaf, which are generally OF scarlet hue,
| being provided in the same way. Each bush
bears from one TO four and five pines, after
which the plant Cies and another one
| spring from the roots.
One of the attractive trees is the mango,
which abounds in large numbers Large,
and with dentc foliage, it is usually loa1-
cd down with the mango, IL fruit that, in
| appearance, somewhat resembles large
pear, although it has taste very much
| like a peach. The bread. fruit tree is
something like our native mountain ash in
appearance. 1t griws yer abundantly and
bears a large round fruit, which it Is said
tastes very much like bread, and is used
in considerable quantities by the natives
| Beside these is the redwood tree the most
magnificent tee on the lsthmus. 1t grows
| 10 very large size. and has foliage very
dense, The leaves being shaped very much
like our beech-tree leaves. | have seen
them near Parisco PARADISE Station that
| should think the trunk WAS eight or ten
feet in diameter and the branches extend
ing out at least fifty fee from the Trunk.
| The lgnum vitae is also found and is
| quickly noticed by its hight and the yellow
| blossoms which are seen at its top.
| There are several varieties of the lizard
tribe TO be found here, but most of them
are small and quite harmless. Among the
larger ones is the iguana, which, it is said,
| grows to the length of four and six feet,
but as have not seen one am not able to
| say for a certainty. While on the cars
coming from Panama | was told that the
| flesh is soft and tender like chicken, and
is highly priced by the natives both on
this account and for its eggs, which are
said to be about the size of mar
| bic and very good eating. l am told
the natives frequently catch the female
| ones, and after cutting them open and TAX
ing out the eggs, permit them to escape,
and was further informed that they gene
rally recover. What chance for Bergh
in such a community! Another interest
| ing object is known as the digger" which
not only bites but buries itself under the
skin for some good reason, however, it
always takes the bottom of the foot. 1t
| deposits its eggs under the skin, and, if not
| speedily removed, will hatch out nest of
minute worms which produce great in
| fiammation and much inconvenience AS
the eggs are enclosed in little membrane
needle, after which no trouble ensues.
These pests are found in the grass only,
and it is not safe to walk there barefooted
have not seen any of them, as / do not go
with bare feet, but my friend Cash
storekeeper of the Panama railroad COM
pany, had the pleasure" of having two
taken out from one of his feet at one time,
and one from his dog slack, and it wasn't
much of day for jggers either, he said.
But turning from the objects of interest
| on the land to those in the water. | will
simply speak of the sharks with which AS
pinwall bay abounds. TO say that they
| are plenty does not begin to express it. and
| a salt water bath is one of the things not
to be enjoyed here. This morning Deming
and sat on the verandah a few moments
after breakfast and watched two large ones
who, in the water, just in front OF us,
amused themselves playing around, prob
ably looking for something to eat. They
must have been at least five feet long, and
were plainly seen, not only from where we
were sitting, but from the edge of the beach
where we also went, for the purpose of
getting nearer sight at them which we
had, they beiag not over twenty feet from
where We stood. By the steamer Henry
Chauncey, our colony of Vcrmonters was
increased by the arrival of Mr.. o. A.
Dodge, formerly of Burlington, who
comes down to take position on the rail-
road.
The health of Mr.. White, Mr.. Dcmng
and myself continues good, and were it not
for the miserable sand flies and mosquitoes
which torment us at all hours of the day
and night, we could get along very well,
although the rain that we have every day
is not very highly appreciated by. Yours,
truly, d. CIR.