Note 77 — Chapter VII
Reading edition
Ibid., ubi supra.—When dried in the sun, this slimy deposit had a flavor not unlike that of cheese, and formed part of the food of the poorer classes at all times, according to Clavigero. Stor. del Messico, tom. ii. p. 222.{*}
{*} [This was the ahuahutle before described. See ante, vol. ii. p. 290, note.—M.]