"They think nothing of it," explained the professor. "You will notice with what deftness they disrobe, slipping out of their clothes and into the water without exposing much more than a bare toe."
"Oxcuse you!" fluttered Hans. "I don'd like to took mein chances py looking. Somepody mighd make a misdake."
The sun was low down as they rode into the town.
"We have no time to lose," said Frank. "We must move lively, if we mean to return to the hut before nightfall."
"That's right," nodded Professor Scotch.
They were successful in finding a native undertaker, but the fellow was very lazy, and he did not want to do anything till the next day.
"To-morrow, señors, to-morrow," he said.
That did not satisfy, however, and he was soon aroused by the sight of money. Learning where the corpse was, he procured a cart and a burro, and they again set out along the road.
They found whole families soaking in groups in the canal, sousing their babies in the water, and draining them on the bank.
Young Indian girls in groups were combing out their hair and chatting merrily among themselves and with friends in the water.