_Ollas_, earthen pots of all sizes--almost the only sort used in the Mexican kitchen.

_Atole_, a thin gruel resembling flour and water, but in reality made out of the finer dust of the maize, boiled and sweetened.

_Pinole_, parched maize mixed with water and sweetened.

_Clacos_, copper cents, or half-pence,--the copper coin of Mexico.

_Punche_, a species of native-grown tobacco.

_Aguardiente_, whisky distilled from maize, or sometimes from the aloe-- literally, _agua ardiente_, hot or fiery water. It is the common whisky of the country, and a vile stuff in most cases.