The indians of Chiconcuauhtla are easily recognized by their little flat, round caps.

Late in the afternoon the bands of maskers, here called the _huehuetes_, were out.

There were a dozen of them, dressed in absurd costumes; a bewhiskered Englishman in loud clothing, a gentleman, a clown, a lady, etc.

These all went, by twos, on horseback; a clown and a devil and a boy with a prod, on foot, accompanied them.

The duty of the latter, who remotely resembled death, was to prod the unhappy devil.