[122] The fans mostly used are made of kid-skin, richly gilt at the back, and painted on the other side.—A Spanish belle does not hesitate to expend thirty or forty dollars on her fan, though she should have to live on Gazpacho for a month, to make up for her extravagance.
[123] De situ Orbis: Lib. 2. Cap. 6.
[124] Treasury.
[125] The name given to cigars composed of chopped tobacco rolled up in paper, the latter item furnishing by far the greater portion of the smoke.
[126] Punch and eggs.
[127] Without cares.
[128] Buffo.
[129] Literally, strong houses. They are brick forts of small dimensions, presenting, generally, a bastioned front on the land side, and a semi-circular battery, en barbette, to the sea.
[130] The village of Alcaucin, erroneously placed in Lopez’ and other maps on the road, is situated about half a mile from it, on the right hand.
[131] Woe is me, Alhama!