The regiment at Panama was also affected with the disease; but there were better accommodations for the well on the steamer, and a hospital, for those taken with the disease, on an old hulk anchored a mile off.

There were also hospital tents on shore on the island of Flamingo, which stands in the bay.
I was about a week at Cruces before transportation began to come in.
About one-third of the people with me died, either at Cruces or on the way to Panama.

There was no agent of the transportation company at Cruces to consult, or to take the responsibility of procuring transportation at a price which would secure it.

I therefore myself dismissed the contractor and made a new contract with a native, at more than double the original price.

Thus we finally reached Panama.