. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. Introductory 3 burn, in winter shelterless from biting blasts off snow-clad sierras, present precisely that landscape of desperate desolation that always results from a maximum of sunshme combined with a minimum of rainfall. A desiccated dowuland, khaki-colour or calcareous by turn, but bare (save for a few weeks m spring) of green thing, naked of l)ush or shrub innocent even of "rass. o. Tv£>F,s uF Spanish LAMMKRGEYER [Gypamis barbalus) Whose home is in the wildest sierras—a weird dragon-like bird-form ; expanse, 9 feet. [Former
. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. Introductory 3 burn, in winter shelterless from biting blasts off snow-clad sierras, present precisely that landscape of desperate desolation that always results from a maximum of sunshme combined with a minimum of rainfall. A desiccated dowuland, khaki-colour or calcareous by turn, but bare (save for a few weeks m spring) of green thing, naked of l)ush or shrub innocent even of "rass. o. Tv£>F,s uF Spanish LAMMKRGEYER [Gypamis barbalus) Whose home is in the wildest sierras—a weird dragon-like bird-form ; expanse, 9 feet. [Formerly reputed to carry olf hnhie.^ to its eyrie.] Not a tree grows so far as eye can reach, not a watercourse but is stone-dry and leaves the impress that it has been so since time began. Oh, it is an unlovely landscape, that central plateau. 'Twere ungrateful, nevertheless (and unjust too), to forget that here we are journeying in a glory of atmosphere, brilliant in aggressive radiance that annihilates distance and revels in space. Though patches of vine-growth be lost in the monotony of tawny expanse, mud-built hamlet and village church indistinguishable. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929; Buck, Walter John. joint author. London, E. Arnold
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