The Great Problem of the Slides--The Physical Characteristics of the Slide--Some Peculiar Features of the Slides--The Explosive Experience of Miguel--The Gorgeous Coloring of Culebra--The Perilous Passage of Culebra Cut--The almost Human Work of the Steam Shovel--The Work of the Steam Shovellers--The almost Indispensable Track Shifter--The Industrious Ants of Panama--The End of the Canal at Balboa. CHAPTER XIII. THE CITY OF PANAMA 224 The First Appearance of Panama City--The Popular Panama Lottery--Panama’s Cost of Living is High--Scenes in the Panama Market--The Prevalent Temper of the Panamanians--Why Americans are not Popular--American Sentiment on the Isthmus--The Public Buildings of Panama--The Stout Walls of Panama City--Scenes of the Mardi Gras Carnival--Cock-Fighting and the Liquor Trade--In the Ancient Chiriqui Prison--The Many Churches of Panama--Panama Clubs and Open Air Life. CHAPTER XIV. THE SANITATION OF THE ZONE 253 Beginning the Warfare on Mosquitoes--Methods of the Anti-Mosquito Crusade--Some Humors of the Mosquito War--How the Streams are Sterilized--Results of the War on Mosquitoes--The Two Great Canal Commission Hospitals--The System of Free Medical Treatment--The Pleasant Village of Taboga--The Sanitarium and Leper Colony. CHAPTER XV. THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA 273 The Doubtful Soil of Panama--The Simple Study of Native Life--The Building of the Bridegroom’s House--Labor and Land Titles in Panama--Agriculture and Temperature in Panama--Rubber and Cocoanuts Offer Possibilities--The Sport of Shooting Alligators--A Colossal Agricultural Enterprise--The Banana as an Empire Builder--Why the American Flag is Rare--Getting the Bananas to Market--David and the Cattle Country--Gold from the Indian Tombs--Efforts for a System of Industrial Education. CHAPTER XVI. THE INDIANS OF PANAMA 305 Marriage Customs of the Indians--The Many Tribes of Panama Indians--Characteristics of the San Blas Tribe--An Exclusive Aboriginal People--Family Quarters of the San Blas--Customs of the Chocos and Guaymies--Peculiarities of the Darien Indians. CHAPTER XVII. SOCIAL LIFE ON THE CANAL ZONE 320 The Population of the Canal Zone--The Temptations to Matrimony on the Zone--The Gold and Silver Employees--The Object Lesson of the Canal Zone--Why It is not at all “Socialistic”--In a Typical Canal Zone Dwelling--Some Features of Zone Housekeeping--Prices of Food at the Commissary--The Complicated Social Life of the Zone--Church Work and the Y. M. C. A. CHAPTER XVIII. LABOR AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ZONE 341