Note 21 — Chapter X · WILD-GEESE IN SPAIN THEIR SPECIES, HAUNTS, AND HABITS

We have here in our mind’s eye our own shooting-grounds in the Bætican marismas. But there are other regions in Andalucia where geese feed on open grassy plains on which shelter of some sort is often available. It may be but a clump of dead thistles or wild asparagus; but at happy times a friendly ditch or dry watercourse will yield quite a decent hollow where one can hide in comparative comfort and security. On the day here described no such “advantage” befriended.