In the early morning the grayish, lonely tint which is the prevailing note of Mexico, did not show.

The vegetation was green, or it was tinted with the glow of the sun.

Near the lower shores he saw the Chiampas or floating gardens.
Benito turned the bergantin into a cove, and they went ashore.

His house, flat roofed and built of adobe, was near, standing in a field, filled with spiky and thorny plants.

They gave Ned a breakfast, the ordinary peasant fare of the country, but in abundance, and then the woman, who seemed to be in a sense the spokesman of the family, said very gravely: "You are a good boy, Weel-le-am, and you rowed well.