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Abel Chapman. Unexplored Spain
Unexplored Spain
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. UNEXPLORED SPAIN. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. UNEXPLORED SPAIN (Continued) ON TRAVEL AND OTHER THINGS
CHAPTER III. THE COTO DOÑANA: OUR HISTORIC HUNTING-GROUND
CHAPTER IV. THE COTO DOÑANA. NOTES ON ITS PHYSICAL FORMATION, FAUNA, AND RED DEER
CHAPTER V. ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME. STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER)
CHAPTER VI. ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME (Continued) WILD-BOAR
CHAPTER VII “OUR LADY OF THE DEW” THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROCÍO
CHAPTER VIII. THE MARISMAS OF GUADALQUIVÍR. THE DELTA
CHAPTER IX. WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA. ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
CHAPTER X. WILD-GEESE IN SPAIN. THEIR SPECIES, HAUNTS, AND HABITS
CHAPTER XI. WILD-GEESE ON THE SAND-HILLS
CHAPTER XII. SOME RECORDS IN SPANISH WILDFOWLING
CHAPTER XIII. THE SPANISH IBEX
CHAPTER XIV. SIERRA MORÉNA. IBEX
CHAPTER XV. SIERRA MORÉNA (Continued) RED DEER AND BOAR
CHAPTER XVI. PERNÁLES
CHAPTER XVII. LA MANCHA. THE LAGOONS OF DAIMIEL
CHAPTER XVIII. THE SPANISH BULL-FIGHT. ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER XIX. THE SPANISH FIGHTING-BULL. HIS BREEDING AND TRAINING
CHAPTER XX. SIERRA DE GRÉDOS
CHAPTER XXI. SIERRA DE GRÉDOS (Continued) IBEX-HUNTING
CHAPTER XXII. AN ABANDONED PROVINCE (ESTREMADURA)
CHAPTER XXIII. LAS HURDES (ESTREMADURA) AND THE SAVAGE TRIBES THAT INHABIT THEM
CHAPTER XXIV. THE GREAT BUSTARD
CHAPTER XXV. THE GREAT BUSTARD (Continued)
CHAPTER XXVI. FLAMINGOES. THE QUEST FOR THEIR “INCUNABULA”
CHAPTER XXVII. WILD CAMELS
CHAPTER XXVIII. AFTER CHAMOIS IN THE ASTURIAS. PICOS DE EUROPA
CHAPTER XXIX. HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS
CHAPTER XXX. THE SIERRA NEVÁDA
CHAPTER XXXI. IN THE SIERRA NEVÁDA (Continued) ITS BIRD-LIFE IN SPRING-TIME
CHAPTER XXXII. VALENCIA. TWO NOTABLE WILDFOWL RESORTS
CHAPTER XXXIII. ON SMALL-GAME SHOOTING IN SPAIN
CHAPTER XXXIV. ALIMAÑAS. THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE
CHAPTER XXXV. OUR “HOME-MOUNTAINS” THE SERRANÍA DE RONDA
CHAPTER XXXVI. SERRANÍA DE RONDA (Continued)
CHAPTER XXXVII. A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING. THE “CABRESTO” OR STALKING-HORSE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE “CORROS,” OR MASSING OF WILDFOWL IN SPRING FOR THEIR NORTHERN MIGRATION
CHAPTER XXXIX. SPRING-TIME IN THE MARISMAS. BIRD-LIFE IN A DRY SEASON
CHAPTER XL. SKETCHES OF SPANISH BIRD-LIFE
Appendix. A Specific Note on the Wild-Geese of Spain
Index
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Abel Chapman, Walter John Buck
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Riding light, with the “irreducible minimum” stowed in the saddle-bags, one may traverse Spain from end to end. But it is only a hasty and superficial view that is thus obtainable, and except for those who love roughing it for roughness’ sake, even the freedom of the saddle presents grave drawbacks in a land where none live in the country and none travel off stated tracks. In the campo, nothing—neither food for man nor beast—can be obtained, and no provision exists for travellers where travellers never come. The little rural hostelry of northern lands has no place; there is instead a venta or posada which may too often be likened to a stable for beasts with an extra stall for their riders. It is a characteristic of pastoral countries everywhere that their rude inhabitants discriminate little between the needs of man and beast.
But even towns of quite considerable size—when far removed from the track—are totally devoid of inns in our sense. Inns are not needed. The few Spanish travellers who, greatly daring, venture so far afield, usually bespeak beforehand the hospitality of some local friend or acquaintance.
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