The ascent, just before Quezaltepec, was magnificent.

We had a letter of introduction from the _cura_ at Juquila to the schoolteacher at Quezaltepec, and therefore rode directly to the school.

The four boys who were in attendance were promptly dismissed and the _maestro_ was at our disposition.

He was a _mestizo_, and possessed the art of lying in a fine degree, like so many of his kind.

This man set us an excellent supper, having asked us beforehand what we would like.