Preface
Contents
CHAPTER I UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II UNEXPLORED SPAIN ( Continued ) ON TRAVEL AND OTHER THINGS
CHAPTER III THE COTO DOnANA: OUR HISTORIC HUNTING-GROUND
CHAPTER IV THE COTO DOnANA 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 SEnORA DEL ROCIO
CHAPTER VIII THE MARISMAS OF GUADALQUIVIR 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 MORENA IBEX
CHAPTER XV SIERRA MORENA ( Continued ) RED DEER AND BOAR
CHAPTER XVI PERNALES
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 GREDOS
CHAPTER XXI SIERRA DE GREDOS ( 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 NEVADA
CHAPTER XXXI IN THE SIERRA NEVADA ( Continued ) ITS BIRD-LIFE IN SPRING-TIME
CHAPTER XXXII VALENCIA TWO NOTABLE WILDFOWL RESORTS
CHAPTER XXXIII ON SMALL-GAME SHOOTING IN SPAIN
CHAPTER XXXIV ALIMAnAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE
CHAPTER XXXV OUR "HOME-MOUNTAINS" THE SERRANIA DE RONDA
CHAPTER XXXVI SERRANIA 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
UNEXPLORED SPAIN
ABEL CHAPMAN’S WORKS
BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS. First Edition, 1889;
—— ——, Second Edition, 1907.
WILD SPAIN. (With W. J. B.) 1893.
WILD NORWAY. 1897.
ART OF WILDFOWLING. 1896.
ON SAFARI (In British East Africa). 1908.
UNEXPLORED SPAIN. (With W. J. B.) 1910.
H.M. King Alfonso XIII spearing a boar.
H.M. King Alfonso XIII spearing a boar.
UNEXPLORED
SPAIN
BY
ABEL CHAPMAN
AUTHOR OF ‘WILD SPAIN,’ ‘WILD NORWAY,’ ‘ON SAFARI,’ ETC.
AND
WALTER J. BUCK
BRITISH VICE-CONSUL AT JEREZ
AUTHOR OF ‘WILD SPAIN’
WITH 209 ILLUSTRATIONS BY
JOSEPH CRAWHALL, E. CALDWELL, AND ABEL CHAPMAN
AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
NEW YORK
LONGMANS, GREEN & CO.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD
1910
INSCRIBED
BY GRACIOUS PERMISSION
TO THEIR MAJESTIES
KING ALFONSO XIII.
HIMSELF AN ACCOMPLISHED SPORTSMAN
AND
QUEEN VICTORIA EUGENIA OF SPAIN
WITH DEEP RESPECT
BY THEIR MAJESTIES’ GRATEFUL AND DEVOTED SERVANTS
THE AUTHORS
