Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Alex Gam and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) PROWLING ABOUT PANAMA BY GEORGE A. MILLER ILLUSTRATED BY ALICE AND A. W. BEST FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR [Illustration] THE ABINGDON PRESS NEW YORK CINCINNATI Copyright, 1919, by GEORGE A. MILLER DEDICATED TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE EPWORTH LEAGUES OF THE CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE FOREWORD 11 I. WHERE THE PROWLING IS GOOD 13 II. THE TRAIL OF THE PIRATES 26 III. PICTURESQUE PANAMA 41 IV. A CITY OF GHOSTS 55 V. THE SPELL OF THE JUNGLE 65 VI. LIFE AT THE BOTTOM 76 VII. THE INTERIOR 93 VIII. ECONOMIC WASTE 109 IX. PANAMA AND PROGRESS 122 X. KNOWING OUR NEIGHBORS 144 XI. THE FAMILY TREE 160 XII. LATIN-AMERICAN HEART 178 XIII. THE CARIBBEAN WORLD 193 XIV. THE PANAMA CANAL 214 XV. PROWLING INTO THE FUTURE 235 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The Faithful Mule is the Ship of the Jungle 14 The Homeward Way at Nightfall 15 An Empire in the Making 19 A Few Good Roads on the Zone 21 Church at Nata, Oldest Inhabited Town in New World, Founded 1520 24 The Jungle is the Place for Picnics 27 Even Farm Cabins Are Picturesque in Costa Rica 30 Ruins of Old Panama, the Most Romantic Spot in the New World 33 Indian Woman at the Fountain 36 Baths--Wholesale and Retail 43 Convent Door 46 Official Lottery in Bishop's House, Panama 48 Ruin of Famous Flat-Arch Church 52 Eighth-Grade Room, Panama 53 Convent Garden 56 Romantic Old Convents Survive 58 Ruined Tower at Old Panama 60 Costa Rica Trapiche, or Sugar Mill 62 Papaya Trees 66 Bananas and Sugar Cane 68 Cacao Pods 70 Proposed Location for Rest Cure 73