Soon after we were down, we reached San Bartolo.
This purely Mixtec town was a delightful spot.

It is large, and strung along two or three long straight streets.
[Illustration: THE PEOPLE RECEIVING THEIR PADRE; TILANTONGO] The houses were in yards completely filled with fruit trees--_chirimoyas, limas, granadas de China, ahuacates_ and oranges.
Garden-beds of spinach, lettuce, and onions were frequent.

The houses were of poles set upright, with thick thatchings of palms.

Bee-hives in quantity were seen at almost every house.

At Tilantongo we had seen but few women in native dress.