He would have been sent to jail if he had been caught.

We had to pay one dollar a night for beds in these rooms, and they counted money at the rate of eight dimes to the dollar.
The old town of Panama lies a little south in the edge of the sea, and was destroyed by an earthquake long ago I was told.

To me, raised in the north, everything was very new and strange in way of living, style of building and kind of produce.

There were donkeys, parrots and all kinds of monkeys in plenty.

Most of the women were of very dark complexion, and not dressed very stylishly, while the younger population did not have even a fig leaf, or anything to take its place.