sprinkling the streets—wetting dirt streets to discourage clouds of dust from rising.
drygoods—cloth, cloth products, thread, and so on.
Syndicat d’Initiative—tourists’ information bureau.
duster—a lightweight coat worn to protect the clothes from dust, as formerly in open automobiles.
Basques—a people living in the western Pyrenees of Spain and France.
pelota—jai alai; a game like handball, played with a curved basket fastened to the arm, for catching the ball and hurling it against the wall.
carabineers—a soldier armed with a carbine (a rifle).
Bonaparte hats—hats like those worn by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), a French military leader and emperor of France (1804–1815), born in Corsica.
kepi—a cap with a flat round top and a stiff visor, worn by French soldiers.
gunny-sacking—a sack or bag made of gunny, a coarse, heavy fabric of jute or hemp.
peseta—the basic monetary unit of Spain.
Café Iruña—a café that still stands on the Plaza del Castillo in Pamplona.
Ayuntamiento—town hall.
baize—a thick woolen cloth made to resemble felt and often dyed green, used to cover billiard tables.
baggage-truck—a handcart used for moving luggage.
darb—a person or thing regarded as remarkable or excellent.
thrown on every screen—projected onto every movie screen.
Irati River—River in the Basque region of Spain.
