[112] A cigar, made entirely of tobacco (in the usual way), is so called by the country people, who very seldom consume "the weed" in that form.
[113] _The cross of astonishment_--meaning the hurried cross which a devout Romanist describes upon his person, whenever unexpectedly exposed to danger.
[114] Literally, a _man of whisker_--but meaning a bold fellow.
[116] God give you a bad Easter--_desunt cætera_.
[117] How droll the squint-eyed fellow is!
[118] He-goat--which, in allusion to his horns, is used as a term of reproach.
[122] The fans mostly used are made of kid-skin, richly gilt at the back, and painted on the other side.--A Spanish belle does not hesitate to expend thirty or forty dollars on her fan, though she should have to live on _Gazpacho_ for a month, to make up for her extravagance.
[125] The name given to cigars composed of chopped tobacco rolled up in _paper_, the latter item furnishing by far the greater portion of the _smoke_.
[129] Literally, _strong houses_. They are brick forts of small dimensions, presenting, generally, a bastioned front on the land side, and a semi-circular battery, en barbette, to the sea.
[130] The _village_ of Alcaucin, erroneously placed in Lopez' and other maps _on_ the road, is situated about half a mile from it, on the right hand.
[132] The accounts of the founder of the kingdom of Granada differ materially.--Florez says that he was but a common ploughman, and that the surname of Alhamar was given him from his ruddy complexion.--Others, however, (and I think with greater appearance of truth,) maintain that he was a distinguished inhabitant of _Arjona_, of which place he made himself Lord previous to founding the kingdom of Granada, and that he belonged to the tribe of Alhamars, from Couffa, on the Red Sea.
[133] _Torre de la Vela_--the loftiest tower of the Alhambra.
[137] Of most volume--meaning importance.
[138] A kind of drum, having a small hole in the parchment at one end, through which a close fitting stick is worked up and down so as to produce a noise like that made by a wheel requiring grease.
[139] The point to which Mohammedans turn when praying.
[141] The _little_ unfortunate, in allusion rather to the size of his person than the extent of his misfortunes.