| Page 7I sat watching it after I had finished
my washing. 10-30 land just showing
on the starboard bow. Passed a big
tramp steamer. Land on port is
very mountainous. Some island
very close, very pretty running down
in wooded slopes to the water.
Weather beautiful, though a bit hot
& water calm. Pulled up off a
pretty group of islands about
noon & waited for pilot.
About 2pm. we started for the
mouth of the Panama Canal.
Around the entrance there is
a big bay and all along the right
shore there are great cranes &
dredges and a railway running west.
Where the canal starts there are
flat swamps covered with thick | Page 7I sat watching it after I had finished
my washing. 10-30 land just showing
on the starboard bow. Passed a big
tramp steamer. Land on port is
very mountainous. Some island
very close, very pretty running down
in wooded slopes to the water.
Weather beautiful, though a bit hot
& water calm. Pulled up off a
pretty group of islands about
noon & waited for pilot.
About 2pm. we started for the
mouth of the Panama Canal.
Around the entrance there is
a big bay and all along the right
shore there are great cranes &
dredges and a railway running west.
Where the canal starts there are
flat swamps covered with thick |
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