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[23] _Guindillas_, red peppers.
[24] _Novillada_, bull-driving.
[25] Bull-fighter who uses a long knife.
[26] Little Manuela.
[27] _Cabayero for caballero._
[28] _Onza de oro_, $16.
[29] _Seo morral_; _seo_, vulgar for senor.
[30] Senorito de _bomba_.
[31] A native of Biscay; a Basque.
[32] _Santander_, known to the sailors as St. Andrew's, is a seaport on the Bay of Biscay; _astillero_ means, originally, a s.h.i.+pyard.
[33] Diminutive of Ana (Anna).
[34] From _cerveceria_, a tavern or alehouse.
[35] Carlos II., _el Hechizado_, reigned over Spain 1665-1700.
[36] Literally, Enamels and Cameos.
[37] The central square in Madrid.
[38] _Rota de la Nunciatura Apostolica_, a supreme ecclesiastical court of last appeal in Spain, composed of judges nominated by the king and confirmed by the Pope.
[39] _Ayuntamiento_, munic.i.p.al council in Spanish towns.
[40] _Diputacion provincial_, district a.s.sembly.
[41] Spanish nickname for an old man.
[42] A kind of pulse much affected by the Spanish.
[43] _Chiquirritin_, affectionate diminutive of _chiquetin_, little one.
[44] Civil magistrates, judges or mayors.
[45]
_Ea, ea, ea,_ _Que gallina tan fea!_ _Como se sube al palo!_ _Como se balancea!_
[46] _Lyones_, in Spanish.
[47] In Spanish, _rena_, a big rock; a slang expression.
[48] A Spanish weight of twenty-five pounds.
[49]
_Perro nuevo y perro viejo, Nunca han hecho buen trebejo._
Literally: young dog and old dog never play together well.
[50] "Barley Square," formerly famous for its executions.
[51] The _ayuntamiento_; consisting of _alcalde_, or mayor, and the _regidores_, or aldermen.
[52] The collective name of the town or district authorities.
[53] $175.00.
[54] In Spain the _estanquillos_, where snuff and tobacco are sold, are under special government license.
[55] A skin dressed and lined with pitch, made for carrying wine.
[56] _Prima instancia._
[57] The Madrid Ateneo or Athenaeum, the literary headquarters of Spain.
[58] _Majadero._
[59] The Guipuzcoana, native of the province of Guipuzcoa.
[60] _Falua._
[61] _Casa de socorro._
[62] $300.00.
