THE AGUADOR. 
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THE AGUADOR. 
resting on his back, and the other suspended from the back of his head 
In front of him, preserving the equilibrium.* 
Next, there is the Indian with a huge coop of chickens and turkies 
or a crate of earthenware, or a pannier of oranges, borne on his back, 
like the aquador's jar. Then a woman, with peas, or ducks, or fish from 
the lake ; another with potatoes ; another drives along a poor stunted ass, 
laden with radishes and onions; and all the members of this motley 
crowd, are crying their wares and merchandise at the top of their voices. 
It is a Babel ! 
Amid the throng treads onward, with step majestic, the queenly Spanish 
woman ; by her side is a friar, and hard by a couple of priests in their 
graceful black cloaks and shovel hats. 
• An Englishman passing an aguador in the street, struck tlie jar on the fellow's back with his cane. It 
broke-and the weight of the other jar immediately brought tlie poor carrier on his nose. He arose in a rage. 
The oifender. however, immediately calmed him with a couple of dollars. " I only wanted to see wheUier yon 
were exacUn balanced, my dear fellow, and the experiment is worth the money /" 
