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like soil, in places along the canal a purple porphry rock was exposed, and at times some yellow clay & brown shale. After leaving Culebra cut we passed out into a level plain with various rock formations or high banks along the canal. At Perdro Miguel we passed out of another lock down to Miraflores Lake which is a new body of water on the Pacific drainage. At Miraflores locks we descended by 2 locks to sea level on the Pacific side. The empyting process of the locks seemed much slower than the filling & took about 20 minutes & was not attended by any noise of water. We reached Balboa at 6 P.M. & remained at the wharf all night. The party went to Panama after supper by trolley a distance of 5 miles or less perhaps. Panama is a typical spanish city with very narrow crooked streets, heavy [[strikethrough]] stone [[/strikethrough]] masonry & thick walls. The Plaza cathedral & Central hotel are

Transcription Notes:
Perdro Miguel = Pedro Miguel