XVIII. THE SPANISH BULL-FIGHT 192 XIX. THE SPANISH FIGHTING-BULL 200 XX. SIERRA DE GRÉDOS 208 XXI. " " : IBEX-HUNTING 216 XXII. AN ABANDONED PROVINCE: ESTREMADURA 225 XXIII. LAS HURDES (ESTREMADURA) AND THE SAVAGE TRIBES THAT INHABIT THEM 234 XXIV. THE GREAT BUSTARD 242 XXV. " " (_Continued_) 256 XXVI. FLAMINGOES 265 XXVII. WILD CAMELS 275 XXVIII. AFTER CHAMOIS IN THE ASTURIAS 283 XXIX. HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS 294 XXX. THE SIERRA NEVÁDA 301 XXXI. " " (_Continued_) 311 XXXII. VALENCIA 321 XXXIII. SMALL-GAME SHOOTING IN SPAIN 328 XXXIV. ALIMAÑAS, OR THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE 337 XXXV. OUR "HOME-MOUNTAINS": THE SERRANÍA DE RONDA 347 XXXVI. " " " " (_Continued_) 360 XXXVII. A SPANISH SYSTEM OF WILDFOWLING: THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE 371 XXXVIII. THE "CORROS," OR MASSING OF WILDFOWL IN SPRING FOR THEIR NORTHERN MIGRATION 376 XXXIX. SPRING-TIME IN THE MARISMAS 381 XL. SKETCHES OF SPANISH BIRD-LIFE 392 APPENDIX 407 INDEX 413 List of Plates H.M. KING ALFONSO XIII. SPEARING A BOAR _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE TYPICAL LANDSCAPE IN COTO DOÑANA 30 EGRET HERONRY AT SANTOLALLA, COTO DOÑANA 32 RED DEER IN DOÑANA. From a Drawing by Joseph Crawhall 36 THREE VIEWS IN COTO DOÑANA: (1) SAHARAN SAND-DUNES; (2) TRANSPORT; (3) A CORRAL, OR PINEWOOD ENCLOSED BY SAND 40 RED DEER. From Drawings by Joseph Crawhall 46 INSPIRING MOMENTS 51 GUNNING-PUNT IN THE MARISMA 90 WILD-GOOSE SHOOTING ON THE SAND-HILLS 90 VASQUEZ APPROACHING WILDFOWL WITH CABRESTO-PONY 90 STANCHEON-GUN IN THE MARISMA--DAWN 106 WILD-GEESE IN THE MARISMA 122 SPANISH IBEX IN SIERRA DE GRÉDOS 140 HEADS OF SPANISH IBEX 152