CHAPTER IV

A GLIMPSE OF ECUADOR

Tranquil Ship Life--Dissolving View of Panama Bay--The Comforting Antarctic Current--Seeking Cotopaxi and Chimborazo--Up the Guayas River--Activity in Guayaquil Harbor--Old and New Town--Shipping via the Isthmus and Cape Horn--Chocolate and Rubber Exports--Railway toward Quito--A Charming Capital--Cuenca’s Industries--Cereals in the Inter-Andine Region--Forest District--Minerals in the South--Population--Galapagos Islands--Political Equilibrium--National Finances 57