8/18 Finally, as no one came and the officials had disappeared, we started out upon a tour of investigation. We found the whole town drunk; the _juez_, the chief of police, the _mayores_, all were too drunk for measurement. We experimented upon two or three subjects, but soon gave up in despair. For example, we had _Los Viejos_. One afternoon, we saw a band of half-a-dozen persons singing in the street. |