GLOSSARY 



Alazan, a chestnut horse. 



Alpargaias, shoes made of canvas with 



jute or hemp soles. 

 Asado, roast meat. In the camp cooked 



on a spit over the fire. 

 Asador, the spit on which meat is roasted. 

 Asulejo, a blue-eyed, grey and white horse. 



Bandurria, an ibis. 



Barranca, clifF-like banks of river or lagoon. 

 Bayo, a cream-coloured dun horse. 

 Blanco, white ; a white horse or cow. 

 Bocado, a thong of raw hide passed twice 



round the lower jaw of a young horse 



as a bit. 

 Bolas, Boleadores, three balls of stone 



covered with raw hide and attached 



to one another by twisted thongs of 



raw hide ; used for catching wild 



animals. 

 Boliche, a small drinking-store. 

 Bombilla, a metal tube for sucking the tea 



from the mats cup. 

 Bozal, a halter. 



Cabresto, a leading rein always attached to 



the bozal for tying up the horse ; from 



the Spanish word cabestro. 

 Cacique, an Indian chief or leader. 

 Canadon, a dale or dip of low land between 



stretches of high land. 

 Capa, a cape or cloak. 

 Carancho, the large, eagle-Uke carrion 



hawk {Polybonis tharus}. 

 Carguero, a pack-horse or mule. 

 Carpa, a tent, or shelter of a movable 



kind. 

 Casa, a house, even if only a mud hut. 

 Cebruno, a dark mouse-coloured horse 



with a reddish tinge. 



Chico, little. 



Chimango, a harrier-like carrion hawk 



{Milvago Chimango). 

 China, Indian woman ; also a native Criska 



woman. 

 Chiripd, a loin-cloth the size of a poncho. 



and worn so as to form loose, baggy 



trousers. 

 Cinch, English spelling of "Cincha," the 



raw-hide girth used with native saddles. 

 Colorado, red ; a bay horse. 

 Cordillera, the chain of mountains called 



the Andes. 

 Cruzado, a horse having crossed white 



feet — i.e., one fore-foot white and one 



hind-foot of opposite sides; always 



expected to be good horses. 



Estancia, a farm in Argentina. 

 Estanciero, a stock-farmer in Argentina. 



Gateado, a. yellow dun horse with a black 



stripe down the back. 

 Gaucho, the Argentine cowboy. 



Horqueta, a fork ; the separation of two 

 streams forming a fork ; name of a 

 horse with a forked cutting in the ear. 



Macho, a male animal ; especially a mule. 

 Madrina, the bell-mare followed by all the 



horses or mules of a tropilla. 

 Manada, a herd of mares. 

 Manea, hobbles for a horse made of raw 



hide generally. 

 Mahero, a cunning, tricky horse or person. 

 Martineta, the " large partridge " (Calo- 



dromas elegans). 

 Mate, the small gourd in which the Verba 



tea is made ; also the tea itself. 



