Attached to each end of the kyacks and alforjas is a leathern loop or sling strap.
If kyacks or alforjasare used the large water-proofed canvas duffle bags and food bags will not be required.
Otherwise the kyacks or alforjas will be liable with constant chafing when the horse is in motion to cause sores.
When packing the kyacks or alforjas particular care should be taken to have the pair for each horse evenly balanced as to weight.
The alforjasis constructed of heavy duck and leather, and of the same dimensions as the kyack.
By means of these loops kyacks and alforjas are hung to the saddle, one loop fitting over the forward, the other over the rear cruz, or fork.
Sancho rode on his ass like a patriarch, with his alforjas and bota, and longing to see himself soon governor of the island his master had promised him.
Above all, he charged him to take alforjaswith him.
The alforjas is a Spanish name for the saddle-bags used on a pack horse.
Stewart Edward White's diagram, and shows how the alforjas are lashed fast to the horse's back with a latigo (Fig.
The alforjas for a dog, or saddle-bags, can be made by anyone who is handy with a needle and thread.
Alforjas are sacks to hang on the sides of the saddle, in which to place all of the small articles of the outfit.
It must also come down far enough on the sides to form a pad for the alforjas and keep them from rubbing and chafing the animal.
The alforjas are then filled with the small articles of the camp equipment and hung on the forks of the saddle.
I envy thee thy Dapple, and thy name, And those alforjas thou wast wont to stuff With comforts that thy providence proclaim.
It is true that the innkeeper detained his alforjas in payment of what was owing to him, but Sancho took his departure in such a flurry that he never missed them.
He drew from his alforjas the horn of a wild bull, poured water in it to two-thirds of its capacity, added some sugar and some harina tostada or parched meal, and with a spoon he mixed it so as to make it a kind of broth.
Sancho had recourse to the larder of his alforjas and took out of them what he called the prog; Don Quixote rinsed his mouth and bathed his face, by which cooling process his flagging energies were revived.
They carriedalforjas all of them, and all apparently well filled, at least with things provocative of thirst, such as would summon it from two leagues off.
That lady is more mighty than dainty, she is no way squeamish, she devours all and is ready for all, and fills her alforjas with people of all sorts, ages, and ranks.
It happened one day that Victoriano, being in need of a pillow, sent word to the people of the posada to send him his alforjasor saddlebags, which they did.
I sent for no soga," said the prisoner, "I sent for my alforjas to serve as a pillow, and it was sent in them by chance.
The kyacks or alforjas just mentioned are made either of heavy canvas, or of rawhide shaped square and dried over boxes.
In addition her alforjas contained a number of little bags in which were small quantities for immediate use of all the different sorts of provisions we had with us.
These various things were all stowed away in the kyacks or alforjas which hung on either side.
For a load of small articles and heavy alforjasthere is nothing like the Lone Packer.
Chiefly is it valuable because the last pulls draw the alforjas away from the horse's sides, thus preventing their chafing him.
It may be as well to note here, that the alforjas are square pockets at each end of a long cloth about a foot and a half wide, formed by turning up its extremities.
He had been unusually silent this morning ever since the laugh raised at his expense, but now his countenance brightened, and he produced his alforjas with an air of triumph.
First go the tarpaulin and blankets; then the duffle bags; then one by one the contents of the alforjas; finally, after they have been sufficiently lightened, the alforjas themselves in an abandoned parabola of debauched delight.
Pass the line under the alforjastoward the rear, up over the pack and under the original rope at c.
V), carry the loose end around the bottom of the alforjas and under the original main pack rope (c).
The adventurer and Dominique leapt down, removed their alforjas and pistols, placed them on the fresh horses and remounted.
Still he did not let himself be discouraged, he opened hisalforjas and took out linen, a surgical case and a small locked box.
The travestissement did not take long to effect; in a few minutes Leon took from his alforjas a razor, with which he removed his whiskers and moustache; and during this Wilhelm went to pluck a plant that grew abundantly in the forest.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "alforjas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
