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  RICA, 
  LAND 
  OF 
  THE 
  BANANA 
  

  

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  THE 
  RAILWAY 
  TO 
  COSTA 
  RICA's 
  ATLANTIC 
  COAST 
  TRAVERSES 
  PICTURESQUE 
  COUNTRY 
  

  

  Costa 
  Rica 
  now 
  boasts 
  402 
  miles 
  of 
  railway, 
  connecting 
  its 
  capital, 
  San 
  Jose, 
  with 
  both 
  

   the 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Pacific 
  ports 
  and 
  penetrating 
  the 
  interior. 
  When 
  proposed 
  lines 
  are 
  com- 
  

   pleted, 
  Port 
  Limon, 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  side, 
  will 
  be 
  connected 
  by 
  rail 
  with 
  the 
  new 
  port 
  of 
  

   Almirante, 
  in 
  Panama. 
  

  

  many 
  genuine 
  aborigines 
  were 
  not 
  enu- 
  

   merated, 
  however; 
  and 
  of 
  course 
  many 
  

   of 
  mixed 
  blood, 
  who 
  are 
  far 
  more 
  Indian 
  

   than 
  Spanish, 
  were 
  excluded 
  from 
  this 
  

   category. 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  18,000 
  colored 
  

   British 
  West 
  Indians 
  on 
  the 
  banana 
  

   farms 
  of 
  Limon 
  province. 
  

  

  Mixture 
  of 
  blood 
  is 
  naturally 
  the 
  basis 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  whole 
  population, 
  but 
  the 
  Spanish 
  

   element 
  preponderates 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  extent 
  

   than 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  Central 
  American 
  re- 
  

   public. 
  This 
  European 
  infusion 
  is 
  evi- 
  

   dent 
  everywhere 
  — 
  in 
  the 
  superior 
  intelli- 
  

   gence 
  and 
  civilization 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  excellence 
  of 
  the 
  Spanish 
  which 
  

   is 
  universally 
  spoken. 
  

  

  