. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. 16 Unexplored Spain a grace to country life. But what is the treatment meted out to the trout in Spain ? No sooner is its presence detected than the whole stock—big and little alike, even the spawn—is blown out of existence with dynamite, poisoned by quicklime, or captured wholesale (regardless of season or condition) in nets, cruives, funnel-traps, and every other abomination. Kill and eat, big or little, breeding female or immature—it matters not;. ' \ Types of Spanish Bird-Life DARTFORD WARBLER {Sylvia undata) Resident. Frequents deep furze-cove
. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. 16 Unexplored Spain a grace to country life. But what is the treatment meted out to the trout in Spain ? No sooner is its presence detected than the whole stock—big and little alike, even the spawn—is blown out of existence with dynamite, poisoned by quicklime, or captured wholesale (regardless of season or condition) in nets, cruives, funnel-traps, and every other abomination. Kill and eat, big or little, breeding female or immature—it matters not;. ' \ Types of Spanish Bird-Life DARTFORD WARBLER {Sylvia undata) Resident. Frequents deep furze-coverts, seldom seen (as we are constrained to represent it) in separate outline. kill all you can to-day and leave the morrow to itself True, there are game-laws and close-seasons, but none observe them.^ We have selected these examples because we know and can speak with absolute authority. Presumption and analogy will naturally suggest that the same intelligence, the same blind improvidence will apply equally in other and far more important matters. Not one of our Spanish friends with whom we have discussed these subjects time and again but agrees to the letter with the above conclusions and most bitterly regrets them. 1 At a big hotel the menu on May 26 included (as usual) " ; We emphasised a mild protest by refusing to eat them; but the landlord scored with both barrels. On opening our luncheon-basket next day (we had a twelve-hours' railway journey), there were the rejected redlegs ! We had to eat them then—or starve !. 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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