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point, but we found a good landing-place 

 in a sandy cove close at hand. This point is 

 only second in importance to Cape Mala, and 

 a light upon it would be of especial benefit 

 to ships bound to Panama from the south- 

 ward. With these two places lighted, one 

 with a fixed light, the other a flashing, to 

 distinguish them, the navigator would have 

 no difficulty in making the port of Panama 

 in any weather. The engineering difficulties 

 of placing these lighthouses would be but 

 slight, and the expense of keeping the lights 

 going might be met by a trifling tax on all 

 ships coming to the port. 



From San Jose we stood over to the Isla 

 del Eey, the largest of the Pearl Islands, and 

 from thence to Pedro Gonzales, where there is 

 a capital harbour. 



There is no sport 'to be got at these islands, 

 except seining, but still they have much to 

 recommend them. An artist would find ample 

 occupation among the lovely islets and fantastic 

 rocks of this archipelago; all the islands are 



