He recalled our work, and taking us to his own house, we soon had an excellent dinner.

He seemed to be well-to-do, and had two houses built of slabs lashed vertically together.

Nets full of _jicaras_, great stacks of corn neatly laid out, good tableware in quantity, and a kerosene-lamp, all were evidences of his wealth.

We ate at a good table, in the house, where the corn was stored.

The most astonishing thing, however, in the house was an old-fashioned piano, long beyond use.