"  I  '11  probably  assign  you  to  Empire  district,"  the
slender  young  man  was  saying,  "  there  's  everything
up  there  and  almost  any  language  will  sure  be  some
help  to  us.  This  time  we  are  taking  a  thorough,
complete  census  of  all  the  Zone  clear  back  to  the
Zone  line.  Here 's  a  sample  card  and  list  of  in-
structions."

In  other  words  kind  Uncle  Sam  was  about  to  give
me  authority  to  enter  every  dwelling  in  the  most
cosmopolitan  and  thickly  populated  district  of  his
Canal  Zone,  and  to  put  questions  to  every  dweller
therein,  note-book  and  pencil  in  hand;  authority  to
ramble  around  a  month  or  more  in  sunshine  and
jungle  —  and  pay  me  for  the  privilege.  There  are
really  two  methods  of  seeing  the  Canal  Zone;  as  an


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employee  or  as  a  guest  at  the  Tivoli,  both  of  them
at  about  five  dollars  a  day  —  but  at  opposite  ends
of  the  thermometer.
