﻿THE 
  JUNGLES 
  OF 
  PANAMA 
  

  

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  Photograph 
  by 
  David 
  Fairchild 
  

  

  A 
  FKW 
  MINUTES 
  APT^R 
  SIX 
  : 
  MORNING 
  SCENK 
  AT 
  TABOGA, 
  PANAMA 
  

  

  With 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  a 
  South 
  Sea 
  island, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  century-old 
  civilization, 
  

   Taboga 
  is 
  the 
  picturesque 
  gem 
  of 
  this 
  whole 
  region, 
  and 
  at 
  sunrise 
  its 
  coast 
  has 
  few 
  rivals 
  

   in 
  tropical 
  beauty. 
  

  

  the 
  jungle 
  single-handed 
  and 
  tries 
  to 
  

   farm 
  within 
  its 
  shades 
  is 
  about 
  as 
  likely 
  

   to 
  succeed 
  as 
  would 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  tried 
  to 
  

   raise 
  turkeys 
  in 
  a 
  game 
  preserve. 
  

  

  The 
  parasites 
  are 
  legion 
  ; 
  they 
  attack 
  

   every 
  form 
  of 
  plant 
  and 
  animal, 
  and 
  most 
  

   of 
  them 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  seen 
  through 
  the 
  tube 
  

   of 
  a 
  microscope. 
  It 
  will 
  constitute 
  the 
  

   life-work 
  of 
  hundreds 
  of 
  research 
  men 
  to 
  

   find 
  out 
  their 
  habits 
  and 
  how 
  to 
  circum- 
  

   vent 
  them, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  places 
  in 
  

   the 
  world 
  to 
  do 
  this 
  could 
  easily 
  be 
  the 
  

  

  Canal 
  Zone, 
  were 
  it 
  only 
  equipped 
  with 
  

   the 
  special 
  laboratories, 
  insectaries, 
  plant 
  

   nurseries, 
  trial 
  gardens, 
  and 
  other 
  para- 
  

   phernalia 
  of 
  biological 
  research. 
  

  

  If 
  this 
  work 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  handled 
  on 
  the 
  

   same 
  large 
  and 
  comprehensive 
  scale 
  that 
  

   has 
  characterized 
  the 
  engineering 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  on 
  the 
  Zone, 
  and 
  not 
  on 
  the 
  small 
  

   unit 
  "Experiment 
  Station" 
  basis, 
  the 
  

   world 
  would 
  be 
  amazed 
  at 
  the 
  results, 
  

   just 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  today 
  at 
  the 
  magnificent 
  work 
  

   of 
  American 
  engineers. 
  

  

  