Panama and the canal . uW ^ <-—^^^^ .j^j^^lT .»»^^-» ^S^^^^S^s^ Steamers at Colon Docks. and town of Cfjlon, with Manzanillo lighthouse rising abovethem. In the harbor and at the docks are scores of ships;for even now more than one hundred thousand travelers UNATTR.CTIVE COLON 47 and a million tons of merchandise cross the Isthmus eachyear. Colon is the Spanish form of the word Columbus and. is the name given to the town by the government of Colombiain honor of the Discoverer. On his last journey to AmericaColum.bus entered Colon harbor in November of 1502 andcalled it Bahia de los Navio
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Panama and the canal . uW_^ <-—^^^^__ .j^j^^lT .»»^^-» ^S^^^^S^s^ Steamers at Colon Docks. and town of Cfjlon, with Manzanillo lighthouse rising abovethem. In the harbor and at the docks are scores of ships;for even now more than one hundred thousand travelers UNATTR.CTIVE COLON 47 and a million tons of merchandise cross the Isthmus eachyear. Colon is the Spanish form of the word Columbus and. is the name given to the town by the government of Colombiain honor of the Discoverer. On his last journey to AmericaColum.bus entered Colon harbor in November of 1502 andcalled it Bahia de los Navios. In the town of Colon itself, we shall be greatly disap-pointed. It would be hard to imagine a more wretchedand unattractive place. How low and small and dirty itis! The land on which it is built is but two or three feet 48 A JOURNEY ACROSS PANAMA al^o^e sea-level and behind it for miles are dreary andunhealthful swamps. Certainly it was a great mistake tobuild a town on such a spot. A tremendous amount offilling in with rock and soil must be done, before it can bein any sense a decent place to live in. Low frame houses;narrow, ill-smelling streets; a population of a few thousandpeople of many nationalities; and little or nothing ofinterest to be seen, make Colon an unpleasant introduc-tion to a visit on the Isthmus. Leaving Colon behind we shall pass on into the interior of the country