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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.