The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-27

level land overlooked by pretty hills capped
+ with Pleasant residences. On the cast
/ back of the town. vast wall OF rock ap-
pears. which Is destined 70 be tho point
I Of beginning OF the new lake To the west
down rough stone bank. flows tho
/ Chagres. There arc plenty OF boatmen
/ at Hohio ready to take passengers
/ through the river. The COMPLETED portions
| OF the canal and other derivations off
waterways to Colon. about fifteen miles
distant
The river boats are all dugouts. hewu
| out Of single log. some few Of them IN
| tended for use in rough seas having an
extra strip Of board above the shell.
/ Their main use is for shipping fruit from
The interior TO tho coast. and there IL
plenty Of work for them at this season.
although very little land on the isthmus
| Is yet under cultivation.
! 1t is a very pleasant trip from Bohio
to Colon by water now. as the heat Of the
sun is tempered by constant trade WIND
| from the sea, which ru1 es the surface Of
the canal into gentle waves. 4 short as
lance below the town tho boat turns from
the river channel into the canal at Pena
Blanca near great swamp Of that
name Without a word Of information
( from the bcatmen one would not know
which was the natural and which the
artificial channel The banks Of each are
I o. about tho Same character and the
width does not vary. remaining about two
Z hundred feet from shore 20 shore.
I When the canal was being built The
vegetation along the edge WAS all cat.
+ Large trees have since grown. orchids
have sprung from their bough- and rian'
I ctcepers have climbed Up 20 overpowcr
ambitious branches. bat there arc not the
dense masses a-scciatel with the tropics.
and the edge o. The canal in a general
way il not unlike that az northern
brook in August. though the plants differ
somewhat IN character. NOW and agaii
tar hHl-are seen ia the distance. but for
miles the trees and underbrgeh overhang
Ing the water limit the view.
ALLIGATORs SWARM
Down in TIE COO. depths allEa tors
swarm. acoraiuE 70 the bostuen. ard a-i-
mails q all kind- force their way through
the thickets 90 drink AZ nigh; There
are deer tracks IN plenty where tn
ground Is aoft on the bank ard t1ere
are several xmas q big game 70 tempt
the hunter. including lions ard tigers %
tropical AueTica. whi~h me natives be-
Hove are a. dangerous az TIE larger
beasts ~ Asia and Africa -h.~e are
Wild t-~and vrf pigs 20 ha f9urd snd
Wild TURKEYS are ncl unconnon Ducks
take >ight e.. ERE boat advance. era
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