There are no truly poor in the whole town.

Every family has its field, its house, its bit of woodland.

All the people still speak the native tongue, and many speak no other.

The town is picturesquely situated upon the crest and flank of a long, narrow ridge, which is enclosed by a grand sweeping curve of lofty mountains.

The flanks of the enclosed ridge and the whole slope of the surrounding mountains are occupied by the little fields of the indians, long narrow patches separated by lines of _maguey_ or century-plants.