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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  <Q 
  Underwood 
  and 
  Underwood 
  

  

  mother's 
  little 
  helpers 
  shelling 
  the 
  beans 
  eor 
  dinner 
  in 
  a 
  HUMBLE 
  

  

  COLOMBIAN 
  HOME 
  

  

  Tt 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  nowhere, 
  not 
  even 
  in 
  Japan, 
  is 
  more 
  kindness 
  shown 
  to 
  children 
  than 
  in 
  

   the 
  South 
  American 
  home. 
  .In 
  fact, 
  the 
  child 
  cult 
  has 
  a 
  place 
  of 
  great 
  importance 
  in 
  the 
  

   social 
  and 
  civic 
  life 
  of 
  Latin 
  American 
  nations. 
  

  

  the 
  fascinating 
  stories 
  of 
  some 
  crafty 
  

   magician 
  who 
  picks 
  tip 
  gold 
  and 
  jewels 
  

   from 
  unsuspected 
  places 
  and 
  whose 
  mach- 
  

   inations 
  never 
  fail. 
  

  

  In 
  [670, 
  after 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  successes, 
  he 
  

   was 
  able 
  to 
  collect 
  more 
  than 
  2,000 
  fight- 
  

   ing 
  men 
  and 
  37 
  vessels 
  at 
  Tortuga 
  by 
  

   simply 
  letting 
  it 
  he 
  known 
  that 
  he 
  in- 
  

   tended 
  invading 
  some 
  stronghold 
  on 
  the 
  

   mainland. 
  Provisions 
  for 
  the 
  journey 
  

   having 
  been 
  captured 
  and 
  taken 
  on 
  board, 
  

  

  the 
  vice-admirals 
  and 
  captains 
  met 
  to 
  de- 
  

   cide 
  which 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  ports 
  — 
  Cartagena, 
  

   Panama, 
  or 
  Vera 
  Cruz 
  — 
  should 
  be 
  the 
  

   objective. 
  

  

  By 
  almost 
  unanimous 
  decision, 
  Pan- 
  

   ama 
  was 
  chosen, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  

   the 
  richest. 
  They 
  set 
  sail 
  for 
  Santa 
  Cata- 
  

   lina 
  (Old 
  Providence), 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Costa 
  Rica, 
  the 
  convict 
  station 
  for 
  outlaws 
  

   from 
  Panama, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  suitable 
  

   guides 
  for 
  the 
  journey. 
  Havings 
  con- 
  

  

  