Mosman 1914-1918

& they looked very pretty as they are heavily timber -ed and the wooded slopes run right down to the water. About noon we dropped anchor & waited for the pilot to come out to us. As soon as dinner was over there was a rush to the boatdeck & about 2 p.m. ew weighed anchor & started for Panama City & the entrance of the Panama Canal. As we got close in to land

N.W. and following the line of the Canal as close as possible, is a railway which crosses the Isthmus from Panama City to Colon, a town at the Atlantic end of the Canal. All around the entrance to the Canal there is a large tract of swampy country covered with scrub growing to the height of about 6 feet. The