. Wild Spain ... records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration . k him heavily,but he ran for hours before the dogs. We took to ourhorses in pursuit, but thrice he foiled us—both scent andspoor l)eing obliterated by the rain. Twice, by wide casts of a mile or more in circuit, we recovered the lostthread, but the third time not a trace could we discover,and had almost given him up for lost, when he jumped up,a long way ahead, before the dogs. At top-speed we ranhim to the deep waters of Martinazo, and when at last weoverhauled him, he was making his last gallant fig
. Wild Spain ... records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration . k him heavily,but he ran for hours before the dogs. We took to ourhorses in pursuit, but thrice he foiled us—both scent andspoor l)eing obliterated by the rain. Twice, by wide casts of a mile or more in circuit, we recovered the lostthread, but the third time not a trace could we discover,and had almost given him up for lost, when he jumped up,a long way ahead, before the dogs. At top-speed we ranhim to the deep waters of Martinazo, and when at last weoverhauled him, he was making his last gallant fight withthe two hounds, which held him at bay, breast-deej), in themoonlight. During the long homeward ride on the morrow, we cameon the big round pugs of a lynx, and after followingthem a couple of miles to his lair, he, too—a big andhandsome male—was added to the bag by a single shotfrom the express. By nightfall we again reached theoutposts of civilization, well content with the results ofthe campaign—four good stags and a lynx—and thewind-up of the sporting season of 437 APPENDIX. PART I. THE LAEGE GAME OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL,WITH NOTES ON OTHEE SPANISH MAMMALIA. The large game, or caza mayor, of Spain comprises nine orten animals, several of which have been dealt with specificallyin separate chapters. We now describe more particularly thosenot mentioned elsewhere, and complete a general review ofother Spanish mammalia by a few supplementary remarks. The beasts of chase in the Peninsula are the red, roe, andfallow deer ; the Spanish ibex and chamois ; wild boars, andbears of two varieties, the wolf and Spanish lynx. Red Deee {Cervus elaphus).Spanish: Ciervo, Venado. Scattered locally throughout the Peninsula, the Spanish reddeer present two distinct types, both diftei-ing from the Scotchanimal in the absence of the neck-ruff, or mane. The forest-deer of the wooded plains, or cotos, carry small and rathernarrow heads, measuiing from 24 to 28 inches in lengt
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