CHAPTER XIX. 



Bujio Saldado— The Station Buildings— The Ravine — A Torrent — 

 A Professional Call — Sharp Practice among the Natives — An Al- 

 calde's House and what it Contained— His Wife, and how she made 

 Soup. 



Btrjio, or Buyo Soldado, signifies in the vernacular, 

 a soldier's cottage, and received this name, according 

 to tradition, from the fact that a soldier had been se- 

 creted and cared for here, by a native, in conse- 

 quence of some service he had rendered one of their 

 Paclras or Priests, during the war of the buccaneers. 

 Previous to passing into the hands of the Panama 

 Railroad Company, the place had been occupied by 

 a few native huts, and as a rosa for corn, plantains, 

 bananas, &c. I have spoken of it as the beautiful 

 station, and as such, it will be considered by the 

 future traveller, who views it under anything like 

 favorable circumstances, although it is, no doubt, 

 destined to undergo, hereafter, a very material 

 change. 



The station buildings occupy a position on the 

 bend of the river Chagres, commanding a view of 

 about half a mile above and below, which is about 

 as extensive a prospect as can any w T here be found 



