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TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 167
ets, where they 1bu)ilhl their peculiar
w-oodlnests and( breed enormously,
but held in check by their enemies
snakes, owls, hawkls and other
carniv)orous animals of prey. Miles
and miles of su(ch ratnests can Ie
seen in some of thlw ol((n time
pastures. w11ith, usmil-, ore nest
connetin witlhll the otherll through h
rat trails narrow paths clearedrat however, is strictly nocturnal,
and for this reason none of the
hundreds of rat nests met with
occasionally in cactus jungles show
any rat in day-time, and it is
rarely the case some are seen
very early, at sunrise, or late
in the evening when other night-
mar:aullilli animals appear around
their secluded haunts.A TIx'lxi TEXAs PRAISE AT\[ ;ST .\AIn x..TS IN Cxt " IN LE Leona liill
by the rats tlhru1h all the o)-
stru(tinc u (nderbrush an( the small
serpentin(,e pricly tbar e11,aring
red fruit.
Comparatively the( ground s(luirrel
is a much tamr(' ro(lent than the
prairie rat and it can often be
met with in its haunts early in
the morning up to mi((lay, and
also toward evening; the prairieOccasionally these prairie rats
migrate in immense numbers over
the prairie plains into pastures and
gardens, where they do immense
harm to the crops, An old German
farmer at the Cibolo once told me
how he witnessed during a bright
moonlight night thousands of the
rodents migrating andl devastating
his fruits. This happened years ago.
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/171/: 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.