CHAPTER XIII. THE CITY OF PANAMA 224

The First Appearance of Panama City--The Popular Panama Lottery--Panama’s Cost of Living is High--Scenes in the Panama Market--The Prevalent Temper of the Panamanians--Why Americans are not Popular--American Sentiment on the Isthmus--The Public Buildings of Panama--The Stout Walls of Panama City--Scenes of the Mardi Gras Carnival--Cock-Fighting and the Liquor Trade--In the Ancient Chiriqui Prison--The Many Churches of Panama--Panama Clubs and Open Air Life.