8/25 To get the sweet liquid, one takes the insect by the head or forward body and pressing the honey bag sucks out the contents. It is sweet and rich, with a little twang, as if fermented, and people in the district call it honey-wine. Three quarters of an hour brought us to San Francisco, though we had to go down and up two large _barrancas_ before we reached the town. It was almost sunset when we arrived. Sitting down before the town-house, we sent for the _agente_. |