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GLOSSARY 



Mora, a dark blue roan horse. 



Mula, female mule. 



Muy limpio, literally "very clean." 



Osciiro, a dark or black horse. 

 Overo, a spotted or splashed horse. 



Palenque, posts or rails put up fortyingrup 



horses. 

 Pampa, the great plains of South America. 

 Pampero, the south-west wind, often a 



hurricane in South America, blowing 



across the Pampas. 

 Pan^-are, a bay horse, with the peculiar 



mule-like colouring of the nozzle. 

 Pantano, a mud hole ; a sticky muddy 



place. 

 Peon, a working man or porter. 

 Picaso, a black horse with white feet and 



face. 

 Plaza, open square in a town. 

 Poncho, the rug or shawl, wich a hole in 



middle, to slip over the head. 

 Potro, a colt or wild horse. 



Puchero, mutton or beef boiled with rice, 

 and vegetables when there are any. 



Rincon, a corner. 



Rosado, a light strawberry roan horse. 



Rosillo, a red-roan horse. 



Soga, a cord or strip of hide. 



Toldo, an awning ; the Indian tent of raw 



hides. 

 Tordillo, a. grey horse. 

 Tostado, a dark chestnut horse. 

 Travesia, a desert. 

 Tropilla, the troop of. horses or mules 



driven in front of travellers in South 



America. 



Vaqueano, a guide. 

 Vega, a valley. 



Yerha, the Paraguayan tea, universal in 

 Argentina. 



Zaino, a brown horse. 



