. Wild Spain (Espan?a agreste): records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun; natural history and exploration. Natural history; Hunting; Game and game-birds. 440 WILD SPAIN. bined with occasional cliances at pig, and this often on unpre- served grounds. Hoe are confined to the mountains—never found on the plains. The Spanish Ibex (Copra hispanim). Of the Cobra month we have already treated (chapters xi. to 128-172), and now add some notes which we eontri-. FIYE-YEAR-OLD IBEX. liuted to the Badminton Library through our friend Mr. C. Phillipps-Wolley, the editor of the Big Game volumes. T
. Wild Spain (Espan?a agreste): records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun; natural history and exploration. Natural history; Hunting; Game and game-birds. 440 WILD SPAIN. bined with occasional cliances at pig, and this often on unpre- served grounds. Hoe are confined to the mountains—never found on the plains. The Spanish Ibex (Copra hispanim). Of the Cobra month we have already treated (chapters xi. to 128-172), and now add some notes which we eontri-. FIYE-YEAR-OLD IBEX. liuted to the Badminton Library through our friend Mr. C. Phillipps-Wolley, the editor of the Big Game volumes. The Spanish mountaineer does not much affect ibex-hunting, though there are in each mountain-village some who try to earn a few precarious dollars by it. The peasants who follow this pursuit in the alpine regions of Spain become fearless climbers : with their feet clad in alparagatas, or hemp-soled sandals, they traverse ridges and descend crags where nail-shod guide would, falter. The first object is to get as high as possible. Then, crawling to the verge of some fearful abyss, the hunter com-. 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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