The young man dismounted from his bull and was brought by the policeman before us.

Here we asked the _sindico_ the name and residence of the young man; and, as we supposed, he belonged in Mitla.

Asking him why he had not come to be measured when he was told to do so, he replied that we had already measured him.
Telling him that lying would not save him, I commanded him to appear the following morning for measurement,--that otherwise he would be sent a prisoner to Oaxaca.

In the morning he did not appear until officials were sent to bring him.

After he had gone through the ordeal of measurement he swore eternal friendship to me, and at no time afterward was I able to pass him, on the street or in the square, without his begging me to drink _tepache_ with him.
Mitla is famous for its weaving; fine _mantas_ of wool are made there in two chief styles--one a long strip of black or blue-black cloth, the other a rich red, sometimes banded or striped with black.