XXVII. A SOURCE OF LIGHT AND POWER 319 XXVIII. COFFEE 327 XXIX. THE FOREST 338 INDEX 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Cartagena _Frontispiece_ PAGE An Old Map of the Isthmus 16 “Caribs” in Terra Firma 19 Gold Nose Ring 21 Ancient Gold Nose Ring 21 “A Dream in Living Bronze is She.”--A native of the Isthmus of Darien 23 Ancient Indian Pottery found in the Graves on the Isthmus 24 Pottery from the Graves in Chirique 27 The Pacific, from a Peak in Darien 29 Huts near the Ancient City of Panama 31 The Pirate “L’Ollonois” 35 Sir Henry Morgan.--From an old print 37 Fort Lorenzo 39 Old Sentry Tower on the Chagres River 41 The Old Church Tower, Old Panama 46 The Ramparts, Fort Lorenzo 47 Old Wharves, Colon 49 A Family Party, Colon 51 A Camp at Balboa 53 The First Labour Camp, Gatum 56 The Old Church on the Island of Tobago, off Panama 58 A Labour Camp (Evening), Canal Zone 61 A Toilet on the Zone 65 A Street in the Old Quarters, Panama 69 Water-babies by a River-side 70 An Old Church and Buildings, Panama 73 A Stretch of the Chagres River 77 Interior of a Shack on the Isthmus 79 The Old Panama Railway Track 81 Jamaican Labourer on the Zone 84 Barbadian Labourer on the Zone 85 Map of Republic of Panama 89 The Church at Chagres 92 Outside a Church on Christmas Eve, Panama 98