Chocolate, light cakes, and fruit were at once served.
"We had best visit the gardens first, before the sun gains too much power.

There are charming arbors and pavilions, in shady spots, for taking one's ease at the middle of the day; but for walking about, the early hours are the best." The gardens were of great extent, and Roger was surprised at the extreme fearlessness of the innumerable birds, of all kinds, that seemed to regard them as their natural home.
"Why should they not be fearless ?" Cuitcatl said, when he expressed his surprise.

"They have never been frightened, and regard all who come here as their friends, rather than as their enemies.

They have abundance of the food which they love best.

They make their nests among the plants, or in the trees which they would use, were they wild.