I cried aloud, both in Spanish and in the native patois, but received no answer.

This verse in the native patois is very curious-

He had been employed, he explained, in German dye-works, and there had learned something better than the native patois.

He was speaking rapidly in the native patois, and Roldan could gather little of his meaning beyond what his gestures conveyed.

They knew no Spanish, and could not understand the native patois I spoke; neither could I understand a word of what they said.