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  a 
  hospital, 
  governor's 
  house, 
  

   churches 
  and 
  convents. 
  Mer- 
  

   chants, 
  soldiers, 
  and 
  seamen 
  

   crowded 
  into 
  the 
  huts 
  occupied 
  

   by 
  mulattoes 
  until 
  houses 
  could 
  

   be 
  built 
  for 
  them 
  ; 
  but 
  so 
  far 
  had 
  

   the 
  desire 
  for 
  economic 
  justice 
  

   developed 
  among 
  them 
  that 
  prices 
  

   were 
  fixed 
  for 
  most 
  commodities 
  

   and 
  lists 
  published 
  beforehand, 
  to 
  

   insure 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  against 
  

   profiteering. 
  

  

  The 
  old 
  town 
  was 
  alive 
  with 
  

   business 
  men 
  when 
  the 
  famous 
  

   Porto 
  Bello 
  fairs 
  were 
  in 
  full 
  

   swing, 
  and 
  merchants 
  spent 
  as 
  

   much 
  as 
  a 
  thousand 
  crowns 
  for 
  a 
  

   small 
  shop 
  to 
  house 
  their 
  

   modities 
  

   period. 
  

  

  com- 
  

  

  during 
  the 
  forty-day 
  

  

  DESOLATE 
  OLD 
  PANAMA 
  ONCE 
  

   CHIEF 
  CITY 
  OE 
  THE 
  AMERICAS 
  

  

  But 
  Old 
  Panama, 
  founded 
  in 
  

   1 
  518, 
  was 
  the 
  metropolis 
  of 
  the 
  

   Isthmus 
  then 
  as 
  New 
  Panama 
  is 
  

   today. 
  It 
  was 
  probably 
  the 
  rich- 
  

   est 
  place 
  in 
  all 
  America, 
  since 
  it 
  

   was 
  the 
  market 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  

   the 
  west 
  coast, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  for 
  the 
  

   spices 
  and 
  silks 
  of 
  the 
  Orient, 
  

   and 
  it 
  kept 
  in 
  touch 
  with 
  the 
  

   towns 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  through 
  

   the 
  Chagres 
  River. 
  

  

  Though 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Spain's 
  

   great 
  power 
  in 
  America 
  is 
  today 
  

   an 
  utter 
  ruin, 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  

   evidences 
  of 
  former 
  habitation, 
  

   the 
  tower 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  Cathedral 
  

   of 
  San 
  Geronimo, 
  standing 
  out 
  

   above 
  the 
  jungle, 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  

   from 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  city. 
  

   Built 
  on 
  a 
  rectangular 
  point 
  of 
  

   land, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  naturally 
  protected 
  

   on 
  three 
  sides 
  by 
  rocky 
  bluffs 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   land 
  side 
  by 
  a 
  morass, 
  it 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  hold 
  

   its 
  own 
  against 
  all 
  enemy 
  expeditions 
  

   until 
  it 
  was 
  destroyed, 
  in 
  1671, 
  by 
  Henry 
  

   Morgan. 
  Panama 
  City 
  was 
  founded 
  a 
  

   few 
  miles 
  farther 
  west 
  (see 
  page 
  187). 
  

  

  Where 
  desolate 
  ruins 
  are 
  now, 
  once 
  

   there 
  flourished 
  a 
  city 
  reputed 
  to 
  have 
  

   had 
  a 
  population 
  of 
  30,000. 
  Its 
  two 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  houses 
  of 
  European 
  elegance 
  and 
  

   five 
  thousand 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  kind, 
  its 
  

   mint, 
  its 
  hospital, 
  its 
  hundreds 
  of 
  ware- 
  

   houses, 
  its 
  cathedral, 
  its 
  eight 
  convents 
  

  

  Publishers' 
  Photo 
  Service 
  

  

  MODERN 
  PIRATES 
  OE 
  BARBADOS 
  WAITING 
  EOR 
  

   THE 
  PENNIES 
  OE 
  THE 
  PASSENGERS 
  ON 
  A 
  LINER 
  

  

  The 
  Barbadian 
  negro 
  is 
  noted 
  for 
  his 
  large, 
  round 
  

   head, 
  his 
  pleasant 
  features, 
  and 
  his 
  open 
  countenance. 
  

   He 
  is 
  polite 
  and 
  well-mannered, 
  in 
  contrast 
  to 
  his 
  less 
  

   genial 
  Jamaican 
  brother. 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  king's 
  stable, 
  made 
  it 
  the 
  equal 
  

   or 
  the 
  superior 
  of 
  anything 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   on 
  the 
  two 
  continents. 
  Portions 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  

   Gold 
  Road, 
  along 
  which 
  the 
  tiny 
  bells 
  of 
  

   the 
  heavily 
  laden 
  mules 
  used 
  to 
  tinkle, 
  can 
  

   still 
  be 
  followed 
  for 
  miles 
  toward 
  Porto 
  

   Bello, 
  though 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  it 
  becomes 
  

   an 
  almost 
  unrecognizable 
  trail 
  through 
  

   the 
  forest. 
  (See 
  map 
  supplement.) 
  It 
  

   was 
  in 
  this 
  arena 
  that 
  Morgan 
  played 
  so 
  

   staggering 
  a 
  part 
  (see 
  pages 
  184-186). 
  

  

  No 
  story 
  is 
  complete 
  without 
  the 
  de- 
  

   velopment 
  of 
  its 
  villain, 
  and 
  such 
  a 
  part 
  

   in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  Panama 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  

  

  