The mass which fell must have measured fully two miles in length, and still lies, broken and heaped up, at the base of the cliffs.
The face of the cliffs, and the fallen masses of rock at its base, are cut into narrow gullies and gaps by water.

The town consists of several clusters of houses, scaled along the slopes of little hillocks and settled into the spaces between them.

Gigantic cactuses surround the town, and cocoa palms rise to great heights within it.
It is customary for travelers to emphasize the slowness of the Mexicans.
Either we have been exceptionally fortunate, or the reputation is largely undeserved.

We have been rarely delayed by sluggish action.
Here, however, we found a _jefe_ who would surely satisfy the most complaining.

He was mild in manner, gentle in speech, fond of brilliant plans and schemes, all of which, however, were to be put in operation to-morrow and not to-day.