He also gave them two curious garments called _ponchos_.

The poncho serves the purpose of cloak and blanket.

It is simply a square dark-coloured blanket with a hole in the middle of it, through which the head is thrust in rainy weather, and the garment hangs down all round.

At night the poncho is useful as a covering.

The hermit wore a loose open hunting coat, and underneath it a girdle, in which was a long sharp knife and a brace of pistols.