With Padre Ponce came another priest, Padre Torres of Patzcuaro, who used to be located at Santa Fe and was much loved by the natives.
With the assistance of the two Padres we were able to secure and deal with our female subjects in less than a day, and were ready to bid adieu to the _padrecitos_ and leave for Tzintzuntzan.
[Illustration: CHURCHYARD AND BELLS; TZINTZUNTZAN] [Illustration: VIEW AT JANICHO; LAKE PATZCUARO] All the tourist world that goes to Patzcuaro visits Tzintzuntzan to see the Titian.

Padre Ponce was anxious to have us see the famous picture and photograph it.

It was late when we reached the town, which consists in large part of _mestizos_ and indians who speak little but native Tarascan.

We found the _cura_ was not in town, but were taken to the _curato_; arrived there, we discovered that the good man had taken his keys with him.

We arranged, with some difficulty, for something to eat, and, after supper, were shown into an open room, with an unfinished roof, without a door, and with no hint of bed.