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A Corner of Spain

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A travel narrative explores the coastal and inland province of Galicia, describing its rugged mountains, fjord-like coastline, river valleys, vineyards, pine-clad summits, and terraced fields. The author records visits to towns and ports such as Vigo, Santiago de Compostela, Corunna and Tuy, and to fishing villages, markets, bathing places and pilgrimage sites, noting local costume, boats and customary practices. The account combines topographical sketches and historical anecdotes with practical travel observations and is illustrated with color and line plates, photographs, and a map to orient readers to the region's scenery, people, and architectural and maritime features.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE
Galicia's Golden Sands (colour) Frontispiece  
A Land of Mountain and Flood   1
Peasants in their Sunday Best. Fishwives   To face 8
A Galician Laundry   23
A Galician Market Place (colour)   To face 25
A Granary. A Pigeon-cot   " 30
A Merry Roadside Group   " 37
A Cattle Market. An Open-air Market   " 41
San Simon's Island, Vigo Bay   49
Vigo, Galicia's Gateway (colour)   To face 51
Galician Children. Afraid of the Camera   " 54
On the Quay at Vigo. Fishermen's Cottages at Cangas   " 61
Santiago, from the Alameda   69
Santiago de Compostela (colour)   To face 71
One of Santiago's Twin Towers   " 74
Rua del Villar, Santiago (colour)   " 81
A Logan   97
A Galician Village (colour)   To face 99
A Galician Fishing-boat. Men and Women rowing up Vigo Bay   " 104
The Church at Bouzas, on the Coast   109
Tuy, a Hill City on the Frontier (colour)   To face 111
Ferrol, the Spanish Portsmouth   " 113
The Bridge at Ramallosa. The Shrine on the Bridge   " 118
Oxen towing a Broken-down Motor-bus   125
Pontevedra by Night: the Bull-ring (colour)   To face 127
A Diligence on the Highway. Oxen Yoked to a Diligence   " 128
The Hills of Mondariz   141
Mondariz (colour)   To face 143
A Peasant's Funeral in the Hills. A Peasant Woman, with her Distaff, driving a Bullock-cart   " 150
Gathering Firewood in the Pine Hills   153
The Fishing Town of Marin (colour)   To face 155
A Maid of Cangas   " 159
Carrying Water. A Woman Threshing Beans   " 162
Arosa Bay   165
The Island of La Toja (colour)   To face 167
The Torre de Hércules, Corunna   179
A Road in the Hills (colour)   To face 181
Elviña, where Sir John Moore was Mortally Wounded. The House, Modernised, in which he died   " 191
Sir John Moore's Tomb at Corunna. Corunna Bay, from the Ramparts   " 194
Map of Galicia   195