"Manana_," (to-morrow) hiccoughed the _presidente_.

The _fiscal_ stormed; the _presidente_ threatened him with jail, ordered him home, and with a body-guard for our protection led us to our room.

Scarcely able to totter, the _presidente_ assured us that drunken men were dangerous and ought not to be trusted; at the same time he produced his bottle and offered us a drop to warm us.

It required tact and time to get rid of him and his corps of protectors.

Early the next morning both of these worthy officials, _presidente_ and _fiscal_, still drunk, called upon us with the book--a _Doctrina_ of 1729.