The proof of the truth of the story we saw in the lines of stone tigers on the mountain side and the stone turtle at the foot of the hill, as we rode by.
The doctor suggested that it would be well to take a guide with us from San Blas as far as Huilotepec, as there were many side-roads before we reached that town, and that, from there, we would need no help.

We followed his suggestion.

The road was almost level.

It passed through a district covered with a dense growth of brush and thorny trees, except where the land had been plowed for planting corn.

In the early evening we saw many birds.