A Corner of Spain

by Walter Wood

INDEX

• Alfonso XII., [59]
• Alps, The, compared with Galician Hills, [27]
• Ambrose, The R.M.S., [51]
• Animals, Wild, in Galicia, [27]
• Antony, The R.M.S., [37]
• Arcos, Balanced stone of, [148]
• Argentina and Gallegans, [18]
• Armada, The Spanish, and Corunna, [14], [25]
• Arosa Bay, [15], [167]
• Art, Works of, in Galicia, [43]

• Bayona, [118]
• Betanzos, [26], [116], [130]
• Booth Steamship Co., Ltd., The, [47], [91], [117], [130]
• Borrow and Vigo, [67]
  • his remarks on robbers, [105]
  • his advice with regard to Spanish, [107]
  • his description of Ferrol, [112]
• Bouillabaisse, [36]
• Breakfast in Galicia, [35]

• Caaveiro, Valley of, [116]
• Caballero, The, [33], [38], [53], [136]
• Caldas, [169]
• Caldo Gallego, [36]
• Cambados, [174]
• Cangas, The fishing-town of, [61]
  • ghastly festival at, [62]
• Castillo del Castro, [55]
• Castle Mos, [59]
• Cattle markets, [41]
• Censer, The Giant, [84]
• Cies Islands, The, [51], [57], [67]
• Civil Guard, The, [32], [105]
• Clavijo, The battle of, [26]
• Climate, [9]
• Clubs in Galicia, [47]
• Columbus and Galicia, [13], [25], [172]
• Commercial travellers, [136]
• Convent, A, [168]
• Cortegada, [15], [168]
• Corunna, Fishwives of, [32]
  • Corunna, Modern, [182]
  • Moore's retreat to, [184]
  • privations during the retreat, [184]
  • battle of, [191]
  • losses during the retreat, [194]
• Cottages of Galicia, [41]
• Cuntis, [169]
• Cycling, [138]

• Danish butter, Use of, in Galicia, [38]
• Déjeuner in Galicia, [36]
• Diligence, The, [127]
• Drake and Galicia, [79], [96]
• Dwarfs, Dance of, [90]

• Elviña, [183], [191]
• Emigration from Galicia, [7], [65]

• Ferrol, description of, [112]
  • British enterprise at, [114]
• Finisterre, Battles off, [111]
• Fish and vegetable markets, [53]
• Flowers in Galicia, [9]
• Ford, Richard, [26]
• Frontier, The, [120]
• Funeral, A Russian sailor's, [64]
  • a peasant's, [163]

• Galicia an historic ground for Englishmen, [13]
  • the progress of, [15]
  • hotel accommodation in, [20]
  • the coast-line of, [25]
  • floods in, [27]
  • security of travel in, [33]
  • chambermaids and waiters of, [34]
• Gallegans, The, [6]
  • shyness of, [17]
  • character of, [18]
  • their martial valour, [19]
  • their alleged stupidity, [19]
  • food and drink of the, [29]
  • Gallegans and Portuguese farming, [16]
• Gate of Glory, The, [81]
• Giants, Dance of, [90]
• Gold, Annual gift of, by King of Spain, [89]
• Golf-links, [177]

• Hair, strange mode of dressing the, [160]

• Inns of Galicia, [103]
• Ireland, Galicia compared with, [18]

• Junta of Galicia, The, [184]

• King's Royal Rifle Corps, The, [184]

• Lager beer, Spanish, [37]
• La Toja, The Island of, [15], [174]
  • the Grand Hotel at, [16], [175]
  • the mud and springs of, [176]
• Lerez, The River, [173]
• Londonderry, Lord, and Corunna, [189], [190]
• Los Dominicos, Convent of, [122]

• Madrid, The rising in, [185]
• Maize, drying of, [30]
  • maize-bread, [8], [29]
  • maize-barns, [30]
• Marin, [162]
• Mass, High, celebration of, [84]
• Miño, The River, [1], [4], [5], [27]
  • the bridge over the, [120]
• Miradores at Corunna, The, [182]
• Mondariz, the hotel at, [16], [145]
  • the waters of, [144]
  • new pump-room at, [147]
• Moore, Sir John, death of, [192]
  • burial of, [193]
• Moors, The, and Galicia, [26]
• Motor-cars, [133]

• Night-Watchmen, The, [31]

• Orense, [123]

• Pardo Bazan, The Countess of, [17]
• Phœnicians, The, and Galicia, [26]
• Photography, [44]
• Pigeon-cots, [30]
• Pigs in Galicia, [40]
• Pilgrims and Freebooters, [11]
• Policemen of Galicia, The, [32], [33]
• Ponies, [129]
• Pontevedra, [12], [13]
  • the sereno of, [31]
  • the people of, [172]
• Porriño, [104]
• Press of Galicia, The, [66]
• Puenteareas, [66]
• Puentedeume, [116]
• Pulteney's expedition, [114]

• Railways in Galicia, [129]
• Ramallosa, [118]
• Rande, The Strait of, [58]
• Redondela, Bridges at, [65]
• Ribadavia, [122]
• Roleia, The Battle of, [184]
• Romans, The, and Galicia, [26]
  • Roman ploughs, [53]
  • Roman remains, [168]
• Rosary, The Festival of Our Lady of the, [86]

• Saint James and El Padron, [10], [171]
  • killed by Herod, [71]
  • his staff, [84]
  • and military stronghold, [113]
• Salvatierra, [122]
• San Benito, The village of, [101]
• San Domingo, The Convent of, at Pontevedra, [172]
• San Simon, The Island of, [56]
• Santiago, The road of, [10]
  • the streets of, [12]
  • scallop-shells at, [12], [95]
  • founding of, [71]
  • pilgrims to, [72], [91]
  • the bells of, [73], [90]
  • history of, [74]
  • students at, [75]
  • the Cathedral of, [76]
  • the treasury, [77]
  • St. James's figure, [79]
  • the compostela, [80]
  • the sepulchre of St. James, [81]
  • the Gate of Glory, [81]
  • the giant censer, [84]
  • the Church of San Martin, [86]
  • St. James's Festival, [88]
  • the Royal Hospital, [92]
  • the Cardinal's Palace, [92]
• Sardines, [54]
  • Messrs. Barreras and the sardine industry, [63]
• Scenery in Galicia, [149]
• Scottish Highlands, Galicia compared with, [20]
• Sereno, The, [31]
• Seven Sisters, The, [52]
• Smoking-carriages, [131]
  • smoking in Galicia, [43]
• Sobroso, The Castle of, [149]
• Soult, Marshal, [186], [191], [194]
• Sport in Galicia, [27], [176]
• Street of the Hundred Maidens, The, [26]
• Sunday evening in Galicia, [102]

• Tea, The River, [146], [148]
• Telegraphy in Galicia, [42]
• Thackeray and Bouillabaisse, [36]
• Tourists and Galicia, [39]
• Trains, slowness of Galician, [132]
• Travel, security of, [105]
• Treasure ships and Vigo, [57]
• Tuy, [4], [119]

• Umia, The River, [170]

• Valença, [1], [3], [119], [121]
• Vigo, [67]
  • Galicia's chief portal, [52]
  • the Alameda, [54]
  • the municipality of, [55]
  • warships at, [63]
• Villa Garcia, [167]
• Villeneuve, Admiral, [115]
• Vineyards, granite posts in, [28]

• Waiter, The Galician, [37]
• Washing in Galicia, [161]
• Wellington and Corunna, [183]
• Wines of Galicia, The, [46]
• Women of Galicia as workers, [156]

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Transcriber's note

• Obvious printer errors have been silently corrected.
• Original spelling was kept, but variant spellings were made consistent when a predominant usage was found.
• Blank pages have been skipped.
• Illustrations have been slightly moved so that they do not break up paragraphs while remaining close to the text they illustrate.
• Illustration captions have been harmonized and made consistent so that the same expressions appear in the text and in the List of Illustrations.
• Repetitive chapter headings under some illustrations have not been kept.
• Some Spanish and Galician words and expressions have been changed, namely:
  • Page  [31]: "Ave Maria purissima" replaced by "[Ave María purísima]".
  • Page  [36]: "caldo Gallego" replaced by "[caldo gallego]".
  • Page  [66]: "Vida Gallego" replaced by "[Vida Gallega]".
  • Page  [86]: "Rosaria" replaced by "[Rosario]".
  • Page  [92]: "gigantones" replaced by "[gigantes]".
  • Page  [92]: "Colegieta" replaced by "[Colegiata]".
  • Page [119]: "Antonio Palachio" replaced by "[Antonio Palacios]".
  • Page [132]: "Filguiera" replaced by "[Filgueira]".
  • Page [144]: "pi y Suñer" replaced by "[Pi y Suñer]".
  • Page [188]: "Bembibra" replaced by "[Bembibre]".
  • and throughout the text "sereño" has been replaced by "sereno", "Hôtel" with "Hotel" and "compostella" by "compostela".