Part 14

{63a} Alazan tostado antes muerto que cansado. The Arabs think highly of the dark chestnut. See the Emir Abdul Kader on Horsemanship.

{63b} The Yatai is a dwarf palm. It is the Cocos Yatais of botanists.

{63c} Cattle-farm.

{69} Cocos Australis.

{78} Guazu is big, in Guarani.

{131} It had a chorus reflecting upon convent discipline:

“For though the convent rule was strict and tight, She had her exits and her entrances by night.”

{170a} “Medias hasta la berija Con cada ojo como un charco, Y cada ceja era un arco Para correr la sortija.”

{170b} “En un overo rosao, fletel lindo y parejito, Cayo al bajo al trotecito, y lindamente sentao. Un paisano del Bragao, de apelativo Laguna, Mozo ginetazo ahijuna, como creo que no hay otro Capaz a llevar un potro a sofrenarlo en la luna.”