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the San Miquel Lock and later on thru orders to anchor in [[underlined in red]] Balboa [[/underlined in red]] basin it was about 4 P.M when we steamed out to see. [[underlined in red]] Balbao [[/underlined in red]] with its basin and [[underlined in red]] clean ^[[white]] cement and [[/underlined in red]] red [[underlined in red]] tile roof buildings, [[/underlined in red]] and its wharf along which are [[strikethrough]] ty [[/strikethrough]] tied vessels of several nationalities seems a busy place and will undoubdetly soon grow to an important town Some of the passengers had motored to Gatun, there took a train and had gone to Panama City and joined ship at [[underlined in red]] Balbao [[/underlined in red]] which is the town adjoining [[underlined in red]] Panama [[/underlined in red]] Panama is [[underlined in red]] outside the Canal Zone [[/underlined in red]] and under jurisdiction of [[underlined in red]] Panaman Republic, [[/underlined in red]] which Balbao is the new town under Canal Zone jurisdiction
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the [[underlined in red]] entrance [[/underlined in red]] into the [[underlined in red]] Pacific [[/underlined in red]] is very picturesque. The green clad mountains [[strikethrough]] abot [[/strikethrough]] with Palm Trees on the land side. Some sharply lined out with their bold [[?peaks]] indicate the way to the ocean. and in the distance the city of [[underlined in red]] Panama [[/underlined in red]] with its picturesque sky line, of towers of churches. and spanish looking edifices. At night the water churned up by the ship became very [[underlined in red]] phosforescent [[/underlined in red]] and the white caps of the waves were a glow of white light. A little later on rose the big moon. [[underlined in red]] Weather is warm but not unpleasant. [[/underlined in red]] My cabin however has [[underlined in red]] a hot floor [[/underlined in red]] on account of some wrongly placed steam pipes below. But sleeping naked and with an electric