 | 1826 - 390 páginas
...roasted is brought into the hut, and the point is struck into the ground : the Gaucho then offers hia guest the skeleton of a horse's head, and he and several...lighted by a feeble lamp, made of bullock's tallow ; and is warmed by a fire of charcoal : on the walls of the hut are hung, upon bones, two or three bridles... | |
 | 1826 - 570 páginas
...the skeleton of a horse's head, and he and several of the family, on similar seats, sit round ilic spit, from which with their long knives they cut very...bullock's tallow ; and it is warmed by a fire of charcoal. ' The life of the Gaucho is very interesting, and resembles that beautiful description which Horace... | |
 | 1826 - 544 páginas
...privation. This is captain Head's description of the hut of the keeper of a post-house in these plains :-*' The hut is lighted by a feeble lamp, made of bullock's...fire of charcoal : on the walls of the hut are hung, 208 Trawls in Chile and La Plata. July upon bones, two or three bridles and spurs, and several lassos... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 532 páginas
...great iron spit on which the beef has been roasted, is brought into the hut, and the point is stuck into the ground. The Gaucho then offers his guest...bones two or three bridles and spurs, and several lasos and balls. On the ground are several dark looking heaps, which one can never clearly distinguish... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 538 páginas
...great iron spit on which the beef has been roasted, is brought into the hut, and the point is stuck into the ground. The Gaucho then offers his guest...bones two or three bridles and spurs, and several lasos and balls. On the ground are several dark looking heaps, which one can never clearly distinguish... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1827 - 650 páginas
...and several of the family, on similar seats, sit round the spit, from which with their long knivea they cut very large mouthfuls. The hut is lighted...bullock's tallow; and it is warmed by a fire of charcoal 1: on the walls of the hut are hung, upon bones, two or three bridles and spurs, and several lassos... | |
 | John Barrow - 1844 - 388 páginas
...of the idol he adores. However, there is nothing to assist the judgment but the bare feet and ankles of all the slumbering group, for their heads and bodies...feeble lamp, made of bullock's tallow; and it is warmed by-a fire of charcoal: on the walls of the hut are hung, upon bones, two or three bridles and spurs,... | |
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In winter the people sleep in the hut, and the scene is a very singular one. As soon as the traveller's supper is ready, the great iron spit on which the beef has been roasted is brought into the hut, and the point is struck into the ground : the Gaucho... 