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152 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
PART vIEW OF (9FFIcE \\HERE ABUSE MATITERs liA l EIN \BfIiTEiN. PH'1TI( i H, IE \WRITirER.
(Most of the Chapters Had Been Published in Colonel O. C. Guess' "Texas Field and National
Guardsman." San Antonio. Texas. 1911.1also, that they are viviparous ani-
mals.
When danger seems imminent,
the crotalus at once gives a warn-
ing signal with its horny tail rat-
tles. when the young, if present,
will at once retreat into the
opened mouth of the mother snake.As to the moccasin. MIr. Ernst A.
Raba (one of San Antonio's most
accomplished professional artists)
some years ago related to( me that
he was eye witness of a lari'e moe-
casin swallowing its young rep-
tiles. It happened south of San
Antonio, alonei tihe roman tic river-
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/156/?q=menger: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.