A Corner of Spain

by Walter Wood

• 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".