And so (were) the fruits, and the herbs, and the stones and everything.

The truth is that some trees had a resemblance to others which there are in Castile, but there was a very great difference.

And other trees of other sorts were such that there is no one who could * * * liken them to others of Castile.

* * * "The others who went for water told me how they had been in their houses, and that they were very well swept and clean, and their beds and furniture (made) of things which are like nets of cotton.( *) Their houses are all like pavilions, and very high and good chimneys.( **) (*) They are called Hamacas.
(**) Las Casas says they were not meant for smoke but as a crown, for they have no opening below for the smoke.
"But I did not see, among many towns which I saw, any of more than twelve or fifteen houses.

* * * And there they had dogs.