the aguador.
resting on his back, and the other suspended from the back of his head
in front of him, preserving the equilibrium.[1]
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 the jar on the fellow's back with his case. It broke—and the weight of the jar immediately brought the poor carrier on his nose. He arose in rage. The offender, however, immediately calmed him with a couple of dollars. "I only wanted to see whether you were exactly balanced my dear fellow, and the experiment is worth the money!
