قراءة كتاب Prowling about Panama
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PROWLING ABOUT
PANAMA
BY
GEORGE A. MILLER
Illustrated by
ALICE AND A. W. BEST
From Photographs by the Author
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 |