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The reception offered the travellers by Don Cornelio was stamped with that graceful kindness and careless ease which so eminently distinguish the Spanish character. Although the adventurer's resources were extremely limited, still he gave the little he possessed with such complacency and so much good humour to his guests, that the latter knew not how to thank him for the attentions he lavished upon them.
After supping as well as they could on _tasajo_ (jerked meat) and _tortillas_ of maize, washed down with _pulque_ and _mezcal_, they carefully wrapped themselves in their zarapes, lay down on the ground with their feet to the fire, and soon appeared to be buried in a deep sleep.