Simply because Guapo had a supper of a very different kind, which he carried in his pouch, and which he liked much better than the Charqui stew.
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That with what is left of the Charqui-we shall not fast to-night."
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In Peru, as we have stated, it is "Charqui;" but mutton cured in this way is distinguished by the name "chalona."
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