The forest is here so dense that the wind never blows, and consequently it never gets cool.

The sun, ever since we got down near the equator, was nearly overhead, and the moon seemed to be even north of us.
When we reached the Chagres River we hired a boat of an Irishman for the trip down.

I wondered if there was a place on earth so desolate that the "Paddy" would not find it.

The boat for the journey cost two hundred dollars, and would hold passengers enough so that it would cost us ten dollars each, at any rate, and perhaps a little more.

Two natives had charge of the boat and did the navigating.