INDEX
Reading edition
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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