sloth-dwelling

Updated: August 24, 2026

There were so many, many uninhabited hilltops on the Zone where a private Sloth-dwelling might have been slapped together from the remains of falling towns at Gatun end; near it a grandstand might even have been erected and admission charged. Or at least the daily climb to it would have helped to reduce a push-ball figure, and thereby have improved the general appearance of the Canal Zone force.

Harry Alverson Franck - Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers