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A two-wheeled vehicle, called a tartana, very much resembling a covered cart, was to be the travelling equipage of a young
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A two-wheeled vehicle, called a tartana, very much resembling a covered cart, was to be the travelling equipage of a young
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From Italian tartana, Arabic taridha; a similar word being used in Valencia and Grand Canary for a two-wheeled open cart.
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Thus then we set out, ourlong-legged guard striding ahead, with his escopeta on his shoulder, Manuel and Mateo on each side of the tartana, and the old invalids behind.
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Thus then we set out, ourlong-legged guard striding ahead, with his escopeta on his shoulder, Manuel and Mateo on each side of the tartana, and the old invalids behind.
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A rough _tartana_, which performed the service of an omnibus, passed me returning to the city, and the driver, having no passengers, invited me to ride.
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Valencia, and offered Hopie and me seats in their _tartana_ -- a covered cart not on springs, which is the cab of the country.
Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II.
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There, however, the tartana and the guide were ready; so, after taking a noonday’s repast with my fellow traveller at the posada, I set out with him on our journey.
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There, however, the tartana and the guide were ready; so, after taking a noonday’s repast with my fellow traveller at the posada, I set out with him on our journey.
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a crowd of clamorous porters and _tartana_ drivers -- one of the scenes characteristic of landing in a country where police regulations do not exist ensued.
Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II.
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March 29, 2008