We have hardly found a population at once so stupid and timid.

It was with great difficulty that we found food to eat.

Here we had to pay for beds (made of sticks tied together), belonging to the municipality, a thing which we had never done at any other town in Mexico.
[Illustration: VIEW FROM OUR CORRIDOR; SAN BARTOLO] The people wear curious and characteristic garments.
All the stuff used for clothing is woven in the town, and not only the women's _camisas_, but the men's _camisas_ and trousers, are decorated with elaborate designs--birds, animals, and geometrical figures--worked in various colors.

Even in purchasing examples of these clothes, we were compelled to make a vigorous display of our civil and religious orders.
After some bickering, we arranged for carriers to San Carlos, which is the _cabecera_ of the district.

Starting by moonlight, at two o'clock in the morning, we struck out over the enormous mountain mass to which we have already referred.