The specimen was one of a score of implements lying about the interior of the principal jacal in the great rancheria at the base of Punta Tormenta (illustrated in plate VII).
A typical single jacal and the entire rancheria gathered at Costa Rica in 1894 are shown from photographs in plates X and XI.
The owner of the jacal in the mean time informed his guest through the interpreter that he had sent to a near-by ranchito for a man who had at least the local reputation of being quite a hunter.
From a concealed point of the brush I saw two men ride up to the jacal and dismount.
They soon reached the cabin, which proved to be an improvement over the ordinary jacal of the country, as it had a fireplace and chimney.
The best jacal in the group was tendered him and his interpreter.
In architecture, the jacal in which they sat satisfied his ideals.
The absorbing interest taken in the cards had prevented the inmates of the jacal from noticing the lady's approach until she stood opposite the door.
This jacalwas a wretched hut, hastily made with branches of intertwined trees, which trembled with every breeze, and let the sun and rain penetrate to the interior.
Assuredly the traveller whom accident had brought at this moment to the jacal would have fancied it inhabited by Apaches or Comanches.
At eight in the evening the roll call sounded, the camp gates were closed, and the officers proceeded to head quarters; that is to say, the jacal inhabited by the count.
The two Frenchmen then entered the jacal at the heels of Don Cornelio, while the Araucano led away the horses.
At the moment Valentine reached Captain de Laville's jacalhe saw Don Cornelio quitting the camp with an indifferent air, and mechanically looked after him.
Immediately the water, heated by the stones, began to boil, and when the soup was ready, she set the basket down beside her own jacal and called her children to her.
And, Gesnip, go to thejacal and find me the coils for basket weaving.
That jacal beside him is the vanquech [temple], and I think there is something awful there.
We must hurry to get in thejacal before father," said Nopal, suddenly.
The girl went to thejacal and brought two stones, one a heavy bowlder with a hollow in its top, which had been made partly by stone axes, but more by use; the other stone fitted into this hollow.
They set gaily to work, and in two hours all the injury caused by the tempest was repaired as well as the precarious resources they had at their disposal permitted; the fires were lighted again, and the jacal reconstructed.
This was no easy task, for the jacal had been carried away, the fires extinguished, and the logs dispersed in all directions; but the Texans were tried men, long accustomed to the dangers and fatigues of desert life.
A few minutes later, according to his promise, Davis entered the jacal with his comrades; the Jaguar gave a start of joy at seeing them, and quickly walked up to offer his hand.
The Jaguar walked up and down the jacal with visible annoyance and febrile impatience, while each thus gave his opinion.
The general, who had retired to a jacal of branches built for him, which his troops had lined inside with the flags captured from the enemy, was conversing with Oliver Clary.
The jacal was the headquarters of the Mexican army, while the men were Padre Sandoval and Don Anibal de Saldibar.
At this moment the door of the jacal was opened, and the count and Don Anibal entered.
They have tane her out till yonder thorn, And she has lain till Monday morn.
Then bespake the second string, 'O yonder sitts my mother the queen.
And when he looked that ladye on, He sighed and made a heavy moan.
One morning Red Cedar rose earlier than usual, left the jacal noiselessly for fear of waking his daughter, saddled his horse, and started at a gallop.
As a further security, and to avoid any possible indiscretion, I have not told the secret of your retreat to any one: the jacal was built by my own hands, without the assistance of a stranger.
Paying no heed to my wish to repent, they fired my wretched jacal and killed my son.
When the travellers had dismounted, and led their horses into this corral, Father Seraphin went over the jacal with his two proteges.
Ellen sat down in a corner of thejacal and waited.
The preparations for quitting the jacalwere not long, and an hour later, the five persons started.
Soon, no other sound was audible in the jacal saving that produced by the breathing of the three men.
Only a few minutes after the hacendero's son had left, the door of the jacal was roughly opened--four men entered.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jacal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
