Still, our time was precious, and we ordered men sent to the place where our stuff had been left, to fetch it; meanwhile, we decided to wait until they should appear.

Our animals had had nothing to eat the previous day, except a little corn we had brought with us from Coatlan.

We therefore ordered _zacate_ brought for them.

The night before, I had inquired regarding the acquaintances we had made at San Miguel in our previous trip.

I learned that the man had died less than a month before, but that the widow, the four boys and the little girl, having finished their work at the coffee _finca_ at San Miguel, were in town.