Note XXVII-73 — Chapter XXVII · CENTRAL AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS. 1886.

There are associations of various kinds, including secret ones, like the masonic, of which there are several lodges, with many native Panamanians among their members. The natives still observe the custom of long mournings as of old. In a community where families are more or less connected by ties of blood or marriage, the result is that mourning often seems to be the common dress.