Dinner over, it was time to visit the churches, to which people crowd by thousands, this evening and to-morrow, to see the monuments, as they are called.

Pancho departed, being on duty as escort to his sisters; and we having, by Pepe's advice, left our watches and valuables in his room, and put our handkerchiefs in our breast-pockets, started with him.

Mr.Christy, always on the look-out for a new seed or plant, had taken possession of the seeds of two _mameis_, which are fleshy fruits--as big as cocoa-nuts--each containing a hard smooth seed as large as a hen's egg.

These not being of great value, he put one in each tail-pocket of his coat.

When we got out, we found the streets full of people, hurrying from one church to another, anxious to get as many as possible visited in the evening.