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  Panama 
  Shells. 
  geog. 
  index. 
  

  

  Panama. 
  A 
  to-wn, 
  province, 
  bay, 
  <fcc., 
  in 
  New 
  Grenada. 
  The 
  town 
  is 
  in 
  lat. 
  

   8°49',N. 
  long, 
  8°2rW. 
  

  

  Papagayo, 
  Gulf 
  of. 
  In 
  Central 
  America, 
  between 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  and 
  Nicaragua, 
  

   in 
  lat. 
  about 
  11"="^ 
  

  

  Payta. 
  A 
  town 
  in 
  Peru, 
  in 
  Lit. 
  5° 
  15' 
  S. 
  

  

  Peru. 
  Occupying 
  the 
  Pacific 
  shore 
  from 
  New 
  Grenada 
  to 
  Chili, 
  from 
  about 
  4^* 
  

   S. 
  lat. 
  to 
  25° 
  S. 
  lat. 
  

  

  Plata, 
  Isle 
  of. 
  On 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Guayaquil, 
  in 
  lat. 
  1° 
  10' 
  S. 
  

  

  Polynesia. 
  Comprising 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  tropical 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific. 
  

  

  Puerto 
  Portrero. 
  In 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Guayaquil. 
  

  

  Puna, 
  Isle 
  of. 
  In 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Guayaquil 
  ; 
  about 
  3° 
  S. 
  lat. 
  

  

  Punta 
  St. 
  Elena. 
  A 
  cape 
  on 
  tlie 
  coast 
  of 
  Guayaquil, 
  in 
  lat. 
  about 
  2° 
  10' 
  S. 
  

  

  Quito 
  I. 
  In 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Guayaquil. 
  

  

  Real 
  Llejos, 
  or 
  Realejo. 
  A 
  port 
  in 
  Nicaragua, 
  serving 
  as 
  a 
  harbor 
  to 
  Leon, 
  lat. 
  

   12°43'N. 
  ; 
  long. 
  87° 
  46'W. 
  

  

  Rio 
  Grande. 
  A 
  name 
  given 
  to 
  many 
  rivers 
  by 
  the 
  Spaniards. 
  The 
  one 
  re- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  near 
  Panama. 
  

  

  Saboga. 
  An 
  error, 
  for 
  Taboga. 
  

  

  St. 
  Elena. 
  A 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Guayaquil, 
  in 
  lat. 
  about 
  2° 
  S. 
  

  

  Salango. 
  On 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Guayaquil, 
  about 
  1° 
  30' 
  S. 
  

  

  San 
  Bias. 
  A 
  town 
  on 
  tlie 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  lat. 
  about 
  22° 
  N. 
  

  

  Sail 
  Diego. 
  A 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Upper 
  California, 
  one 
  league 
  from 
  the 
  

   southern 
  boundary 
  ; 
  lat. 
  33° 
  12' 
  N. 
  ; 
  long. 
  1 
  1 
  6° 
  53' 
  W. 
  

  

  San 
  Francisco. 
  The 
  principal 
  port 
  of 
  Upper 
  Cahfornia 
  ; 
  lat. 
  about 
  37°20'N. 
  ; 
  

   long 
  about 
  122° 
  W 
  

  

  San 
  Juan. 
  A 
  bay 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  Lower 
  California, 
  in 
  lat. 
  about 
  2*7° 
  N. 
  

  

  San 
  Lorenzo. 
  A 
  cape 
  on 
  tlie 
  coast 
  of 
  Guayaquil, 
  about 
  1° 
  S. 
  lat. 
  

  

  San 
  Salvador. 
  A 
  city 
  in 
  Central 
  America, 
  on 
  a 
  river, 
  twelve 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  

   coast; 
  also 
  an 
  adjacent 
  district 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  

  

  Santa 
  Barbara. 
  In 
  California. 
  

  

  Sitcha. 
  An 
  island 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Russian 
  America, 
  in 
  lat. 
  57° 
  N. 
  

  

  South 
  Seas. 
  An 
  indefinite 
  term 
  for 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Ocean 
  adjacent 
  

   to 
  America. 
  

  

  Taboga. 
  A 
  small 
  island 
  twelve 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  Panama. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  better 
  

   harbor 
  than 
  Panama, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  depot 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  steamers. 
  

  

  Tahiti. 
  The 
  largest 
  of 
  tlie 
  Society 
  Islands 
  ; 
  lat. 
  17° 
  30' 
  S. 
  ; 
  long. 
  149° 
  20'W. 
  

   ' 
  Toobouai. 
  A 
  small 
  Polynesian 
  island, 
  under 
  the 
  southern 
  tropic, 
  in 
  lat 
  about 
  

   150° 
  W. 
  

  

  Tumbez. 
  A 
  town 
  near 
  the 
  northern 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Peru 
  ; 
  lat 
  3° 
  40' 
  

   S.; 
  long. 
  79°51'W. 
  

  

  Veragua. 
  The 
  southeastern 
  province 
  of 
  Central 
  America, 
  between 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  

   and 
  the 
  Isthmus 
  of 
  Panama. 
  

  

  Xipixapi. 
  A 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  New 
  Grenada 
  ; 
  lat 
  about 
  1° 
  30' 
  S 
  

  

  