[25] The part within the brackets was accidentally omitted in copying the rough draft of the original translation. _Montes_ signifies both mountains and woods. Cuellar uses _montaña_ to signify mountain, and _montes_ apparently for woods. He also makes use of _bosque_, a wood with thick underbrush, or a thicket. [26] _Encaminaria_ = would guide, put in the right road. [27] _Paja_--coarse grass or straw. [28] _Bosque_--wood or thicket, with much underbrush. [29] _Hermosisima por todo extremo._ This implies a very strong expression, consisting, as it does, of a double superlative. [30] _Poltron_ = poltroon. [31] _Amiga_ = female friend. [32] _Real_--a Spanish coin, value a dollar. [33] _Jubon_--doublet, jacket. [34] _Paga_--literally means payment; but when applied to soldiers or sailors, as in this case, it means monthly pay. [35] _Hacienda Norte de las montañas._ _Norte_, strictly speaking, means the _Arctic pole_; but, according to the Dictionary of the Spanish Academy, it is also used, metaphorically, to mean _direction_, or guide, in allusion to the _North Star_, by which navigators guide themselves with the direction of the mariner's compass. [36] _Aquellos herejes salvajes_--literally, heretics, savages, both being nouns. [37] _Fortuna_--generally means _fortune_ or _chance_, but it also signifies a _storm_ or _tempest_. It is in this latter sense that it appears to be used here; for Cuellar goes on to describe the injured state in which the ship was. [38] _Y los pasaron todos á cuchillo_ = and they passed them all to the _knife_. An idiomatic expression in Spanish corresponding to the English one, _were put to the sword_. [39] Cuellar has not expressed himself clearly here, but he seems to mean that he did not oppose the blacksmith's wishes. [40] _Muy hermosa por todo extremo._ This is a slight modification of a similar expression on a previous occasion. See Note 29. [41] _Corzos_ = roe-deer. _Cervus capreolus_, or _Capreolus caprea_. [42] _Calzas_ = trousers, hose. [43] _Sayos_ = loose coats. [44] _Pelotes_ = goat's hair. [45] _Mantas_ = blankets. [46] _Anda Santiago._ This is a slang expression, meaning to attack. It is derived from the fact that _Santiago_ was the war-cry or watchword of the Spaniards when going into action, _Santiago_ being the patron saint of Spain. [47] _Compuestas_ = composed, made up. [48] _Por el agua que habia de for medio._ [49] _Un trompeta_ = a trumpeter. This noun is both _feminine_ and _masculine_, meaning, respectively, _a trumpet_ and _a trumpeter_. The masculine article _un_ shows that the noun is used here in its masculine form. [50] _Christmas._ [51] _Mano de papel_ = a quire of paper. [52] Cuellar uses the word _courtesy_ on several occasions where _kindness_ is what he seems to mean.