Brought ForwardCunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine)
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Brought Forward
Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine)
Fiction; Short stories
{25} _Benbax ceiba_, a large tree with spongy, light wood, that has
immense bunches of purple flowers.
{27} Pingo in Argentina is a good horse. Pucha is a euphemism for
another word.
{28} Elbow of a river.
{114a} Lopez Cogulludo, _Historia de Yucatan_.
{114b} Era gran Escriturario.
{115} El sagrado misterio de la encarnacion de el eterno Verbo.
{116a} Los barbaros infideles.
{116b} Entendiendo que era animal de razon.
{118} Arrebatado de un furioso selo de la honra de Dios.
{187} Wild horse.
{190} Argentine saddle.
{194a} _Golilla_, which originally meant a ruff, is now used for a
handkerchief round the neck.
{194b} _Cojinillo_, part of the recado.
{201} _Malacara_, literally Badface, is the name used for a white-faced
horse. In old days in England such a horse was called Baldfaced.
{202} Little troop.
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