They were accompanied by noisy crowds the several times they made the rounds of the town, keeping up the peculiar trilling, which we had noticed at Tulancingo.

At dusk, these maskers dismounted and promenaded in couples about the _plaza_.
Nowhere, as in this region, have we had so much difficulty with regard to animals.

The demands were so exorbitant that we insisted upon the _jefe_ making the arrangements.

He received us in anything but a pleasant mood, but acceded, and finally we secured four horses and four mules, for which we were to pay for two full days, and a foot _mozo_ to whom we also were to pay two full days' wages.

As the _jefe_ himself had made this arrangement, we consented to it, but the man who was outfitting us then demanded pay for the _mozo_ who went to bring back the horses and for the fodder of the animals.