I had no reason for a moment's doubt.

It all meant _beer_, "only that and nothing more;" a mere pour boire souvenir to celebrate our mutual acquaintance.

So I gave him a couple of pennies, just as I would have given him a bite of tobacco if we had both been in that line.
I feared to give him more, lest he might think I meant bread and bacon and thought him a beggar.

But I ventured to tell him, however, that I did not use that beverage myself, and hoped he would wish me health in some better enjoyment.
I saw, for the first time, a number of Spanish cattle feeding in a pasture.

They were large, variously colored animals with the widely-branching horns that distinguish them.