The old father and mother own the home and received us hospitably.

Jose guided us through the village, where we photographed whatever took our fancy, entered houses, examined all that interested us, and really found enthusiasm for our work everywhere.

Before the churchyard stands a quaint old cross of stone, dated 1728, upon which are represented all the symbols of Christ's passion; a long inscription in Aztec is cut into the base.

Close by the church, we visited the boy's school, where we found some forty dark-skinned, black-eyed, youngsters, whose mother-speech is Aztec.

We proposed to photograph them, so they were grouped outside the schoolhouse, but not until a pair of national flags and the portrait of the governor, Prospero Cahuantzi, were fixed upon the background wall.
[Illustration: THE ANCIENT DRUM--HUEHUETL; LOS REYES] [Illustration: FIESTA AT CHOLULA; DAY OF SAN ANTONIO ABAD] After the picture had been taken, we told the _maestro_ we would like to hear the boys sing.