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When I arrived at Huilotepec the presidente gave us the use of a well made little town house. He then brought in two hammocks & hung them across the room from the places fixed on the walls for that purpose. During the rest of our stay these hammocks formed the favorite resort of the Presidente. He was there a large part of every day until about 7 P.M. In the evening, when the men came in from the fields & several would come about & every night the town watch of 6 or 8 men slept on the ground in front of the building & made one or two rounds at night to see that everything was all right. The fact that the watchmen went about unarmed most often not even carrying a stick was proof of the peaceable character of the town - The presidente was the most tired acting man I have ever seen. He was furnishing me horse feed and would come in each morning & ask how much I needed. When I would reply he would look about & reaching a hammock sink into it with an air of exhaustion & then begin to figure up how much it would be. I often asked him questions when he came in or chanced to be standing about & he at once got into a hammock whence he would repeat my question & then reply to it. This was especially noticeable in him as he was a strong healthy fellow of 35 or so -

Here we remained about [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] a week. Over the hills & plain the trees & bushes are mainly bare of leaves & the country looks almost like a northern forest after the leaves have fallen before snowfall. The long drought is evident everywhere by the dried herbage and parched appearance of the soil - the day before we left here the people prepared to celebrate a festival in honor of the patron saint of their church - In the daytime fireworks were exploded & in the eve. a dance was given by the mayor domo- Being invited to attend this by the Presidente I went. The dancing was done in an enclosed booth covered with palm leaves & built immediately on the front of the mayordomo's house. It was about 11 P.M. & the moon shone brightly as we passed along the deserted streets of the little town toward the point whence the sound of music arose & fell. Turning the corner by a palm thatched house we were in front of the dancing booth. 2 or 3 small tables covered with bottles of cane brandy & glasses of various sizes with a faintly gleaming lantern on each. Behind each stands a woman selling at 3 cts. a drink to all comers. A small group of drinkers was about each table & another at the entrance to the booth. Elbowing our way through here the Presidente & I entered the "ball room". We crossed to a long bench behind a table in one corner where sat the dignitaries of the town. On the table a bottle of aquardiente & glasses. When room was made for us we sat down & the mayordomo at once came up and brought us each a small