[66] Here, brother Sancho, we may thrust our hands (arms?) up to the elbows in what are called adventures.
[69] Off!--Jesus! Maria! Joseph!--my barley! my hemp! every thing will be destroyed!
[71] On this subject see further at Chapter XV., vol. II.
[72] Gibraltar was recaptured from the Spaniards by Abou Melic, the year following his arrival in Spain; and he assumed the title of King of Ronda, Algeciras, and Gibraltar.--He fell at the battle of Arcos, where his army was completely routed by that of Alphonso the Eleventh, commanded by the Grand Master of Calatrava, A.D. 1339.
[73] And, in the course of time, the _Hisna_ trimming (Randa) has been torn off, and the place called Ronda.
[74] Gentry--from _Hidalgo_ (_Higo de algo_). _Son of Somebody._
[75] A.D. 1735. Part of this bold arch is yet visible.
[77] A body corporate of the nobility, whose province is chiefly to encourage the breed of horses.--The present male competitor for the crown of Spain was Grand Master of the R. Maestranza of Ronda, during the lifetime of Ferdinand VII.
[78] It was no unusual thing to send Regiments, that were very much in arrears of pay, to garrison the lines in front of Gibraltar; and so well was the reason of their being sent there understood, that sometimes they would take the settlement of accounts _into their own hands_. I recollect the Regiment of _La Princesa_ refusing--Officers and Men--to embark for Ceuta, because they had not been allowed to remain long enough before Gibraltar to pay themselves. The regiment was permitted to remain three months longer, and at the expiration of that time embarked perfectly satisfied: a rare instance of _moderation_.
[80] A real vellon is equal to 2-1/2 pence.
[81] At Ronda even an Octogenarian is a Chicken.
[82] May you die at Ronda, bearing pig-skins.
[84] The Greek peasant may also perhaps be excepted.
[85] The word _Majo_ originally signified Bravo, or Bully, but is now applied to such as court distinction by an extravagant style of dress. It is almost confined to the South of Spain.
[86] _Haca_--a Pony--though the term is applied to horses of all sorts. Our word _hack_ is evidently derived therefrom, and Hackney from _Hacanea_, the diminutive of Haca.