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cups, — three for a medio. Other interesting things for 
sale were small crabs dried on spits, dried shrimps of 
large size, raw cotton white and brown, floss silk, cloths 
both cotton and woollen, fresh 
and preserved squash, bread, 
sugar-candy, and eau sucre 
colored pink, tin-ware, pot¬ 
tery, ropes and bags of pita, 
leather sandals, sugar-cane, 
coconuts, baskets, and cheap 
foreign wares. In this town 
of six thousand inhabitants 
there are very few manufac¬ 
tures. We saw a woman 
boldly eating the game she 
caught in a little girl’s hair. 
I had before seen aged Ha¬ 
waiian women engaged in this fascinating pursuit; but 
they always seemed ashamed to be seen by strangers. 
Not so the Quiche woman; the wretch even held her 
hand out for us ! 
To the fountain in the midst of the Plaza men and 
women came for water. The latter all carried their water- 
jars on their heads, while the men always slung them on 
their backs. Convicts were at work on the streets, or 
carrying stone for the church. They were chained in 
pairs, having shackles about the waist and ankles. The 
ladles; the very spherical ones make boxes, flat ones form bowls and platters, 
while those of the shape illustrated become chocolate-cups. Ihe black co or 
is permanent, although scarcely penetrating the hard surface ; it is made y a 
bean that I have not been able to identify. Calabash-cups, although yery 
light, are strong and durable. I have one, given me by Don Ramon Via a 
Trujillo, which is as delicate as porcelain. 
