Finally the host shakes out the blanket on which he has been sitting, throws it around himself, and, casting a rapid glance to the right and left as he passes through the door, goes to take a seat a few yards distant from the caller.

After some meditation on either side, the conversation, as in more civilised society, opens with remarks about the weather and the prospects for rain.

When this subject is exhausted, and the host's curiosity as to where the man came from, what he is doing, and where he is going to, is satisfied, the former may go back to the house and fetch some pinole and meat for the traveller.

The object of the visit not infrequently is an invitation to take part in some game or foot-race; and as the men are sure to remain undisturbed, they generally reach some understanding.

A friend of the family is, of course, finally invited to enter the house, and the customary salutation is "Assaga!" ("Sit down!") In this connection it may be noted that the Tarahumares in conversation look sidewise, or even turn their backs toward the person they speak to.
After having eaten, the guest will carefully return every vessel in which food was given to him, and when he rises he hands back the skin on which he was seated.