that the supply was small and the price outrageous.  We had left the securing of the boxes and the packing of the busts to our plaster-worker, and, though we knew he had had difficulty, imagined that he had secured all needed, and that the busts would be all ready.  Diligent search, however, had secured but two boxes, and ridiculous prices had been demanded for those.  All of us took to the streets, visiting stores and private houses, and at last five boxes were secured, though they were a dilapidated lot, with bad covers.  For these we paid an average of sixty-two cents each.  Realizing the time and labor necessary for securing boxes, stuff for packing, and for the work of putting up the busts, we dismissed our horsemen, and arranged for leaving the next morning.  In fact, night had fallen before our work was done.  Leaving a little before eight, we had a magnificent mountain ride.  For a league or more, we rose steadily over a cart-road; keeping at a high altitude, and, with but little of ups and downs, we journeyed through fine pine forests, with oaks mingled, here and there, among the pines.  We met quantities of Chamula and Tenejapa indians on their way to market.  The Chamulas carried chairs, loads of well-tanned skins, and sacks full of little, round wooden boxes, well and neatly made, while the Tenejapes were loaded with nets of oranges, limas, and ahuacates.  We were sorry to leave the village of Chamula to one side, but lack of time forbade our visiting it.  It was amusing to note the terror of our arriero on the road.  Until we passed Cancuc, he was constantly expecting attack from the dreadful indians of Chamula, Tenejapa, and Cancuc, telling us that such attacks might be expected at any time, but particularly in the early morning and in the dusk of evening.  What indians we met were most gentle, and answered our salutations with apparent kindness.  After a long journey on the high, smooth road, we finally began descending into a pretty valley, and soon saw the great town of Tenejapa, below us, on a space almost as level as a floor, neatly laid out, and still decked with the arches erected for a recent fiesta.  The agente of the town had been warned of our coming, by telephone from the jefatura, and received us warmly, a little before one o’clock, giving us a large and comfortable room in the municipal building, supplied with chairs and benches, and a table, though without beds or mats.  We were here delayed by the slowness of the old man, who had been furnished at San Cristobal for carrying our instruments.  By three o’clock, all was ready, and the twenty-five women were summoned.  They gave no kind of trouble, and by six o’clock the work was done.  Women here braid their hair in two braids, which are wrapped about closely with cords, making them look like red ropes; these are then wound around the head and picturesquely fastened.  The huipils of cotton are short, and decorated with scattered designs, worked in color, and loosely