In order to collect taxes for the king mesta kept track of the various herds of animals.

为了给国王收税，mesta负责跟踪记录许多种类的动物。

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The reason the group was called mesta was because they took their name from Latin and a phrase animalia mixta.

mesta这一名称来自拉丁语词组“混合物种（animalia mixta）”。

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Wild horses such as these began to be called mestengo due to their association with the mesta but the meaning of mestengo was “stray” or “having no master.”

人们开始将这些马称作mestengo正是出于它们和mesta之间的联系。 mestengo的意思是“失散的”或“没有主人”。

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Ms. TWI MESTA(ph) (Bank Manager): We're a lot more fortunate over here compared to them.

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Ms. MESTA: For us I think it just puts a confidence that they can sleep at night, resting knowing that they have food or money available for food.

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