CHAPTER I

GALICIA AND ITS PEOPLE

The Real Galicia : The Hundred Maidens : The Glory of the North-West : Granite Hills : Gallegans and their Lives : Pigeon-cots and Maize-barns : The Night-watchman's Chant : Civil Guards and Constables : A Modest Breakfast : Eating and drinking : The Waiter as a Gentleman : Enterprise and Open-air Life : The Blessed "To-morrow" : Cigarettes : The Unexpected : Photography : Wine and a Bibber : Across the Biscay Pp. 23-47