Diary_Journal_of_a_Passenger_0018

The distance from Gorgono to
Panama is about 24 Miles
There is Nothing here like a
Road and the Country is all
a Wilderness you go up hill
and down dale, through Rocks
Rivers and Raving [Ravines], only this
is the dry Season it would be
Impossible to travel here, the
weather is very hot and all along
as you pop you Will see
Numbers of dead horses which
Make it very disagreeable and
dangerous in regard of health
it is Impossible to avoid
poping [popping] close to this unpleasant
Sight, as all are obliged to Keep