Note 14 — PREFATORY CHAPTER.
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It may be as well, ere I start on my travels, to explain that there are three words in Spanish by which houses of entertainment are designated, exclusive of Parador, which may be considered a generic term, implying a place to stop at.—The first in rank is the Fonda, whereat travellers are furnished with board and lodging, but which does not extend its accommodation to horses. Next comes the Posada, which accommodates man and beast, but does not always profess to supply nourishment to either.—The Venta is a kind of roadside public house, where bad accommodation, and whatever else the place contains, may be had for money.