riiou, liy II. Pittier 

 A FOREST GIANT OVERLOADED WITH VINES, IN THE FOREST NEAR NOMBRE DE DIOS, 



PANAMA: NOTE THE MAN 



mostly American, settlers. The tidal 

 belt ends in the neighboring bottoms, and 

 the plain between the sea and the first 

 hills is subdivided into two or three ter- 

 races, the highest of which is about 150 

 ieet above sea-level. 



The deep ravines, cut through these 

 terraces by the many streams descending 

 from the mountains, allow an insight 

 into the recent geological history of the 

 district. Thick layers of a fine sand, al- 

 most horizontal and apparently devoid 



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