ayor.

[15] _De tre manera lo se esi ... percurador, porcurador, precurador._

[16] Almost corresponding to our vulgar "son of a gun."

[17] _Pasacalle_; song with guitar accompaniment sung on the street.

[18] _Bonita_, _graciosa_, _elegante_, _encantadora_.

[19] _Tertulia._

[20] All Madrid apartments have a small opening, called _ventanilla_, in
the entrance door.

[21] A word similar in meaning to our "sympathetic," but not quite
synonymous; more akin to "congenial."

[22] Lucia Poblacion, _la generala_ of "Riverita," was the lady to whom
Miguel, when a young man, had been quite too attentive.

[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 shipyard.

[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_, municipal council in Spanish towns.

[40] _Diputacion provincial_, district assembly.

[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,_
_iQue gallina tan fea!_
_iComo se sube al palo!_
_iComo 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 ar