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248 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
adays cleared of jungles and con-
verted into cultivated fields, with
prosperous farms, and game of all
kinds has consequently dimin-
ished considerably in these days
of our rapidly advanced era of
modern civilization.
Another interesting and olden-
times nature-scenery around San
Ani niiaf i) s rtiprnssentel iii th 1east of the city, in a hilly region
-now traversed by street cars
and studded with palatial modern
residences-the view being taken
after some torrential rains and
in the neighborhood of a hilly re-
gion, close to the old gravel pit
in the eastern suburbs of the city.
The goats and sheep-hundreds
of them-were owned by Mexi-ANx O., In Ir PRAI.inm ScENERY ANI HNTINi iRN) .T THEF Ro MANTIc WIIIIEI', .LE(ONA PASTURE}
original picture herein of another
large pool of stagnating water,
surrounded by oak and mesquite
trees, and a large number of goats
and sheep scattered around the
underbrush thickets of this tank.
It was an unusually fascinating,
and in older days, a typical scen-
ery around old San Antonio; and
this view was taken a few milescans, and it always was a most
fascinating sight to behold how
they rambled over the bushy hills
and underbrush in large flocks
and, as seen in this instance,
around both sides of a large stag-
nating waterpool. These same
places are now more or less
cleared of trees and shrubbery
and laid out in building lots, or
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/252/?q=menger: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.