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218 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
Mustang Island, where you xwill
find a splendid hotel in the Tarpon
Inn, kept by Mrs. Carter and her
son. There vou will find the best
tarpon fishing in the world and
may have a go at Spanish mackerel
and blue fish in season, to say
nothing about the everlasting sport
on trout and red fish.
Corpus Christi, Fort Lavaca, in
fact anywhere on the Gulf Coast,from there in a day the stage will
take you 60 miles overland and put
vou in the very lest bass country
in the world. This beautiful river
whose waters are as clear as crystal,
flows through pecan bottoms for
many miles and in the bends and
rapids of this stream can be found
everything that delights the ang-
ler's heart. Great beds of water
cress adorn the banks of the river.
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the anlmbitious angler xwill find his
favorite sport in the line of salt
water fishing.
For black bass, channel catfish,
sun perch, etc., no waters in the
world can beat our Western Tex-
as streams. The best of them all.
however, is the Johnson Fork of
the Llano River, which joins the
main stream at Junction City, in
Kimble County. Take the train
at San Antonio to Kerville andat every bend a luxuriant growth
of wild mint will be found a wel-
come ornament to the country
today, to say nothing about the
flavor. This stream has every-
thing necessary for the successful
brewing of a mint julep save the
whiskey, which article of luxury
can be easily carried by the astute
fisherman.
In the winter season a pains-
taking hunter can find splendid
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/222/?q=menger: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.