[88] There is no vessel to measure tastes, nor scales, by which they can be tried.
[89] The public walk of every Spanish town is so called.--The word is derived from _Alamo_, a poplar.
[91] Revoltingly as this exclamation from a lady's mouth would sound to "ears polite" in England, yet it is in common use, even in the first circle of Spanish Society. The different manner of pronouncing the J, making it _Hèsus_, mitigates in some degree the disgust with which it cannot but be heard by Englishmen: the word appearing to have a different import, as it were, until the ear becomes accustomed to its use. The vulgarisms of one nation are often thus passed over by another,--most fortunately in some instances,--for with married couples it frequently happens this "ignorance is bliss."
[95] Literally, _Jester_.--The term has probably been applied to the bull-fighter's _assistant_, from the part he acts in drawing the animal's attention.
[96] A long club stick, with which the shepherds and others keep their flocks in order, and bring to the Bull-fights to signify their impatience and displeasure, by striking it against the wood-work.
[97] Acenipo, according to Ptolemy. The ruined city was discovered A.D. 1650, and the coins, inscriptions, and statues, that have been found there, leave no doubt of its being the Acenippo mentioned by Pliny as one of the cities of _Celtica_, (Lib iii.) the situation of which country had long been matter of dispute; some supposing it to have been on the banks of the Guadiana.
[98] Carter, who it is clear never visited the spot, fancied it was the Guadiaro itself that issued from the _Cueva del Gato_.
[100] All ashes and coal, like a fairy's treasure.
[101] With a clear and tranquil voice.--_Don Quijote._
[103] _Los Reyes Catolicos_--the title by which Ferdinand and Isabella are invariably distinguished.
[104] The Pass of the horror-struck Moor.
[107] The niche which marks the direction of Mecca.
[108] _Dios guarde à usted_--God preserve you.
[109] _Road of partridges._ Any particularly wild and stony track is so called in Spain, from such localities being the favourite resort of that bird.
[110] A train of men and beasts, from the Arabic, _Kafel_.
[111] The cry by which muleteers keep their animals on the move. This word is the root of the term _arriero_, applied generally to the drivers of beasts of burthen.