CONTENTS 



CHAPTEE I. 



PAOE 



An Unknown Corner of Europe, 



Andalucia and her Mountain-barriers. 



i. Introductory ........ 1 



ii. Life in the Sierras ....... 13 



iii. A night at a Posada ....... 19 



CHAPTEE II. 

 A Boar-hunt in the Sierra 23 



CHAPTEE III. 

 The Great Bustard 33 



CHAPTEE IV. 

 Big days with Bustard. 



i. Jedilla . .46 



ii. Santo Domingo — an Idyl ........ 50 



CHAPTEE V. 

 Tauromachia. 



The Fighting Bull of Spain ; 



Notes on his history : his breeds and rearing : and his 



life up to the e/ici'erro — i.e., the eve of his death . 54 



CHAPTEE VI. 

 The B^tican Wilderness. 



Spring-notes of bird-life, natural history and exploration in 

 the marisma 



Part i.-^April .... ... 70 



