 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1831 - 384 pàgines
...platted and knotted ends of the reins — the universal practice along the coast. They looked grave as deacons, and probably owed their sedateness to...white or striped cotton only, with a coarse fringe orNbinding around the neck and edges — but often of the finest cloth, ornamented with rich embroidery.... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1832 - 366 pàgines
...knotted ends of the reins, the universal practice along the coast. They looked grave as deacons, ar/d probably owed their sedateness to a large mixture...the head is passed, while the ends and sides hang in 128 PERUVIAN RIDING PARTY. loose drapery around the figure. It is made of every variety of material,... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - 1833 - 480 pàgines
...long platted and knotted ends of the reins, the universal practice along the coast. They looked grave as deacons, and probably owed their sedateness to...fringe or binding around the neck and edges ; but often of the finest cloth, ornamented with rich embroidery. Shortly afterwards, we passed a group still... | |
 | Charles Nordhoff - 1866 - 240 pàgines
...although rather lightly, wearing in many instances nothing but a poncho — a square piece of cloth with a hole cut in the centre, through which the head is put, the corners of the garment reaching about down to one's middle ; and, in addition to this, the... | |
 | William Henry G. Kingston - 1873 - 486 pàgines
...There were muleteers with the same shaped hats, and large fringed ponchos, which are pieces of cloth with a hole cut in the centre, through which the head is thrust, the cloth hanging down in front and behind so as to conceal the upper part of the body, many... | |
 | 1908 - 336 pàgines
...to catch a horse in order to ride a quarter of a mile. Both are well clothed; the poncho, or blanket with a hole cut in the centre, through which the head is thrust, being the garment donned over others in bad weather. Both are experts in the use of the lasso... | |
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Cabelleros in ponchos and high-crowned grass hats, the costume of the country, mounted on spirited animals, with English saddles, but using in place of a whip the long platted and knotted ends of the reins, the universal practice along the coast. They... 