Wild Spain (España agreste)

Wild Spain (España agreste) - Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration

IN "Wild Spain" we endeavour to describe a little-known land from a point of view hitherto almost unoccupiedthat of the sportsman-naturalist. Many books have been written on Spainsome very good ones: but recent volumes chiefly confine themselves to the history, antiquities, architecture, &c., of the country, with their authors' impressions of the Spanish people. Such subjects find no placesave incidentallyin the present work, which systematically avoids the beaten track and essays to depict some of the unknown and more remote regions. During more than twenty years the authors have undertaken sporting expeditions into various parts of Spainchiefly in Andalucia, but including, at one time or another, nearly all the western provinces from the Mediterranean to Biscay. A love of wild sport has been, perhaps, the leading motive; but the study of natural history has hardly been of secondary importance. In pursuit of these twin objects we have spared neither time nor trouble, spending weekssometimes monthsat a time, in the sierras and wildernesses of Spain, bivouacing wherever night overtook us, or the chances of sport might dictate, and camping-out on the glorious snow-clad cordilleras. Our subjects are the wild-life and fer natur of the Peninsulaincluding in the latter expression, by a slight stretch of the term, the brigand and the gypsy, with remarks on agriculture as cognate and supplementary. As far as convenient, the sequence of chapters follows the change of the seasons, commencing with spring-time. Hence the earlier part of the book is more concerned with natural historythough the pursuit of ibex and bustard may be followed in spring; while the latter half is more exclusively devoted to sport. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 38201
Author: Buck, Walter John
Release Date: Dec 3, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929