. Wild Spain (EspanÌa agreste): records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun; natural history and exploration. Natural history; Hunting; Game and game-birds. 70 WILD SPAIN. CHAPTEE VI. THE BjETICAN WILDEBNESS. SPRING-NOTES OF BIRD-LIFE, NATURAL HISTORY, AND EXPLORATION IN THE SIARISMA. Part I.âApril. \ â Andaltjcia may roughly be subdivided into four main regions, unequal in extent, but of well-marked physical characters and conformation. These are the sierras, and the rolling corn-lands, at both of which we have already glanced. Then there are the dehesas âwild, uncultivated wastes or prairies,
. Wild Spain (EspanÌa agreste): records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun; natural history and exploration. Natural history; Hunting; Game and game-birds. 70 WILD SPAIN. CHAPTEE VI. THE BjETICAN WILDEBNESS. SPRING-NOTES OF BIRD-LIFE, NATURAL HISTORY, AND EXPLORATION IN THE SIARISMA. Part I.âApril. \ â Andaltjcia may roughly be subdivided into four main regions, unequal in extent, but of well-marked physical characters and conformation. These are the sierras, and the rolling corn-lands, at both of which we have already glanced. Then there are the dehesas âwild, uncultivated wastes or prairies, of which more anon. Lastly, there are the marismas. We have in English no equivalent to the Spanish "marisma," and these regions are so peculiar, both phy- sically and ornithologically, as to require a short descrip- tion. Geologically, the marismas are the deltas of great rivers, the alluvial accumulations of ages, deposited, layer upon layer, on the sea-bottom till the myriad particles thrust back the sea, and form level plains of dry land. The struggle between rival elements does not terminate, but the attacks of the liquid combatant only seem to result in still further assuring the victory of terra firma, by bank-. 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. London, Gurney and Jackson
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