The market is crowded, even late in the day; ox-carts from the indian towns for miles around are constantly seen in the streets.

Most of the sellers in the market are indians; they bring fruits and vegetables, dried fish from the Pacific, _jicaras_ and strainers of gourds, beautifully painted and polished gourds from Ocotopec, honey, sugar--both the crude brown and the refined yellow cakes--and pottery.

The indian pottery here sold is famous.

Three kinds of wares are well known--a dull plain red, an unglazed but highly polished black, and a brilliant glazed green.

The black ware is made into useful vessels, and also into a variety of toys, chiefly whistles and bells.