[599] Quimera, Chimera, monster in Greek mythology slain by Bellerophon, the Corinthian hero. The meaning of illusion has come as a result of the fantastical shape ascribed to the monster.
[600] la mísera máscara, i.e., the exhausted mines of Peru and California.
[601] que apenas si bastan, which barely suffice.
[602] Murat (Joaquín). He was the son of a humble inn-keeper, and rose to be one of Napoleon’s most trusted marshals, and was king of Naples from 1808 to 1814.
[603] Bernadotte (Carlos), another marshal of Napoleon, risen from the ranks. In 1818 he became king of Sweden.
[604] los más, the majority.
[605] Río Negro, river in the Argentine pampas. V. map.
[606] chiripá, gaucho trousers—composed of a piece of cloth wound around the loins and the lower end brought between the legs and fastened in front.
[607] las colonias de Entre Ríos. The province of Entre Ríos has many colonies of Jewish farmers.
[608] golondrinas, name given in Argentina to the immigrants who go back to their native land each year after the harvest.