73-7: Egido: apparently the name of his garden.
73-8: tirando de él: pulling at it (so as to empty it).
73-9: libraco: (big, ugly) book. The suffix aco is depreciative.
73-10: tocón o pezuelo: a stub. Cf. note libro talonario, p. 67, 1.
73-11: tal o cual: such and such.