Mediterranean winter resorts : a complete and practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean, with special articles on the principal invalid stations by resident English physicians / by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball.

  • Reynolds-Ball, Eustace A. (Eustace Alfred), 1858-1928
Date:
1904
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Credit: Mediterranean winter resorts : a complete and practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean, with special articles on the principal invalid stations by resident English physicians / by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Sombra (in the shade) for good bull-lights, much less for others. A military band plays on the Alameda in the afternoons, and in the evenings in summer. Italian opera companies come from Madrid to the Cervantes Theatre. The carnival festivals are very gay. English visitors are admitted on introduction by a member into the Ctrcido Malagueno, the principal club, for a week without payment. There are very few English residents in Malaga, so that there is little or no society, as the word is usually under- stood. There is a Lawn Tennis Club with three gravel courts, for which the subscription is 10 pesetas a month, and a Boat Club, 10 pesetas a month. Sport.—There is abundance of game in the province of Granada, and rabbits, hares, and partridges are plentiful. In the marshes near Malaga there is capital snipe and woodcock shooting in the winter, and wild ducks of all sorts abound. There is hardly any big game within reason- able walking distance of Malaga, and sportsmen with more ambitious views must go north. Among the sierras of the north and central provinces big game of all kinds—wild boars, bears, wolves, deer, bustards, etc.—are plentiful. They are, to some extent, preserved, and Englishmen wishing to join in the various battues and hunting parties should get introductions to the local grandees. Foreigners are supposed to be provided with a shooting permit (a license similar to the French permis de chasse); but, as a matter of fact, Englishmen are very rarely asked for it by the Spanish officials. It is, however, advisable to get one. They can be obtained through the Spanish Consul -General in London. For additional information see O'Shea's Spain, and Wild Spain, by A. Chapman and W. T. Buck (Gurney & Jackson, 1893). Objects of Interest,—The Cathedra/, between the Alameda and the Custom House, as usual in Ihese erstwhile Moorish cities, occupies the site of the mosque. The greater ])ortion is