Wild Spain (Espa?a Agreste) Records of Sport With Rifle, Rod and Gun, Natural History Exploration

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IN "Wild Spain" we endeavour to describe a little-known land from a point of view hitherto almost unoccupiedーthat of the sportsman-naturalist. Many books have been written on Spainーsome 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 placeーsave incidentallyーin 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 Spainーchiefly 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 weeksーsometimes monthsーat 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 Peninsulaーincluding 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 historyーthough the pursuit of ibex and bustard may be followed in spring; while the latter half is more exclusively devoted to sport. Long residence in Spain has afforded opportunities which are not available to the casual traveller. Especially is this the case with sport, of which we have, at times, enjoyed some of the best that Spain affords. But it should be remarked that many of the shooting campaigns herein described have been on private and preserved grounds; and, while we naturally select the more fortunate records, we pass over in silence many a blank day and fruitless effort. Nearly all ground on which large game is found, is preserved, with the exception of remote parts of the sierras, where wild pig and roe may be shot, and those higher mountain-ranges which form the home of ibex and chamois; moreover, while indicating in general terms the distribution of the various games and Other animals, we have in many instances avoided naming precise localities画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。
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