Show Panama and Canal Zone Shaped like Ilke a crawling lar lac with Ith its bead head touching Costa on the north and Its tall reach reachIng reachIng log Ing southward to the forested moun of or Colombia Panama is wen well known to few people beyond Its hor bor borders bordors ders because Its fame Is over overshadowed overshadowed shado shadowed ed by the Importance to the world of the Panama canal and the tho Panama anama Canal Cinal Zone The canal however Is 18 but hut a ten mlle wide mile mile Ide strIp across neross the Isthmus while the republic covers an aD area equal to that of the state of Maine i |