Unexplored Spain

About this eBook

Author

Buck, Walter John, 1843-1917

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports

Subject

Natural history -- Spain

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41593

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41593

Release Date

December 10, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.UNEXPLORED SPAIN
2. 2.Preface
3. 3.Contents
4. 4.CHAPTER I UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY
5. 5.CHAPTER II UNEXPLORED SPAIN ( Continued ) ON TRAVEL AND OTHER THINGS
6. 6.CHAPTER III THE COTO DOÑANA: OUR HISTORIC HUNTING-GROUND
7. 7.CHAPTER IV THE COTO DOÑANA NOTES ON ITS PHYSICAL FORMATION, FAUNA, AND RED DEER
8. 8.CHAPTER V ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER)
9. 9.CHAPTER VI ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME ( Continued ) WILD-BOAR
10. 10.CHAPTER VII “OUR LADY OF THE DEW” THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROCÍO
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII THE MARISMAS OF GUADALQUIVÍR THE DELTA
12. 12.CHAPTER IX WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
13. 13.CHAPTER X WILD-GEESE IN SPAIN THEIR SPECIES, HAUNTS, AND HABITS
14. 14.CHAPTER XI WILD-GEESE ON THE SAND-HILLS
15. 15.CHAPTER XII SOME RECORDS IN SPANISH WILDFOWLING
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII THE SPANISH IBEX
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV SIERRA MORÉNA IBEX
18. 18.CHAPTER XV SIERRA MORÉNA ( Continued ) RED DEER AND BOAR
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI PERNÁLES
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII LA MANCHA THE LAGOONS OF DAIMIEL
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII THE SPANISH BULL-FIGHT ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX THE SPANISH FIGHTING-BULL HIS BREEDING AND TRAINING
23. 23.CHAPTER XX SIERRA DE GRÉDOS
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI SIERRA DE GRÉDOS ( Continued ) IBEX-HUNTING
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII AN ABANDONED PROVINCE (ESTREMADURA)
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII LAS HURDES (ESTREMADURA) AND THE SAVAGE TRIBES THAT INHABIT THEM
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV THE GREAT BUSTARD
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV THE GREAT BUSTARD ( Continued )
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI FLAMINGOES THE QUEST FOR THEIR “INCUNABULA”
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII WILD CAMELS
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII AFTER CHAMOIS IN THE ASTURIAS PICOS DE EUROPA
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX THE SIERRA NEVÁDA
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI IN THE SIERRA NEVÁDA ( Continued ) ITS BIRD-LIFE IN SPRING-TIME
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII VALENCIA TWO NOTABLE WILDFOWL RESORTS
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII ON SMALL-GAME SHOOTING IN SPAIN
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV OUR “HOME-MOUNTAINS” THE SERRANÍA DE RONDA
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI SERRANÍA DE RONDA ( Continued )
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE “CABRESTO” OR STALKING-HORSE
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII THE “CORROS,” OR MASSING OF WILDFOWL IN SPRING FOR THEIR NORTHERN MIGRATION
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIX SPRING-TIME IN THE MARISMAS BIRD-LIFE IN A DRY SEASON
43. 43.CHAPTER XL SKETCHES OF SPANISH BIRD-LIFE
44. 44.Appendix A Specific Note on the Wild-Geese of Spain
45. 45.Index

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