[350] “caminos que caminan”, descriptive of the Plata and the Paraná, rivers which move continuously and are highways of travel and commerce.
[351] la Escritura: i.e., Job 39:17.
[352] se convierta. The subject is el espacio, line 3.
[353] Calvario, mountain on which Christ was crucified; here synonymous with suffering.
[354] las Conchas. V. map.
[355] la Recoleta. V. map.
[356] sería. Note use of the conditional to express probability in past time.
[357] la vela de las armas. In the days of chivalry the squire kept watch over his arms the night before being knighted.
[358] y a fe... quien, and indeed it did not ill befit one who.
[359] Poitiers. The English under the Black Prince in 1356 defeated the French here. As a descendant of the defeated French, Santiago de Liniers had an opportunity to avenge the defeat of his forefathers.