Note 28 — EL GAUCHO ARGENTINO Vicente Fidel López
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volteadas, Argentinism; separation and selection of cattle without previously rounding them up; hasty selection of cattle. Cf. Darwin’s The Voyage of the Beagle: “About two leagues beyond this curious tree we halted for the night; at this instant an unfortunate cow was spied by the lynx-eyed gauchos, who set off in full chase, and in a few minutes dragged her in with their lazos, and slaughtered her.”