. Wild Spain (Espan?a agreste): records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun; natural history and exploration. Natural history; Hunting; Game and game-birds. A BOAR-HUNT IN THE SIERRA. 25 lands—chaff, or rather broken straw, being the staple food of the Spanish horse ; and these now formed our beds, though their softness decreased nightly by reason of the constant inroads on their substance made by our Bosi- nantes. Otherwise the naked stone-paved room was absolutely innocent of either furniture or food ; yet we were happy enough, as, rolled in our manias, we lay down to sleep on those long pokes
. Wild Spain (Espan?a agreste): records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun; natural history and exploration. Natural history; Hunting; Game and game-birds. A BOAR-HUNT IN THE SIERRA. 25 lands—chaff, or rather broken straw, being the staple food of the Spanish horse ; and these now formed our beds, though their softness decreased nightly by reason of the constant inroads on their substance made by our Bosi- nantes. Otherwise the naked stone-paved room was absolutely innocent of either furniture or food ; yet we were happy enough, as, rolled in our manias, we lay down to sleep on those long pokes. Early in the morning the mountaineers began to assem- ble in the courtyard of the rancho. Light of build as a rule, sinewy, and bronzed to a copper hue, looking as if. ' ; their very blood was parched and dried up by tobacco and the fierce southern sun, and with narajas stuck in their scarlet waistbands, these wild men might each have served as a melodramatic desperado. Three brothers of our host had ridden up from a distant farm ; there was old Christoval, the ready-witted squatter on the adjoining rancho, a cheery old fellow, carrying fun and laughter wherever he went; last came the Fadre from the nearest hill-village (Paterna), whose sporting instinct had made light work of the long and early ride across the sierra to join our batida. Alonzo, the herdsman, who added to his pastoral knowledge an intimate accpiaintance with the wild. 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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