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252 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
tom places were full of forest
game and any amount of fine fish,
including the eel, could be caught
in a short time-whilst today,
with the large amount of fishing
and hunting parties frequenting
the river bottoms, such game as
ducks, squirrels, coons, 'possum,
swamp rabbits, cotton tails, quail
and doves, and other small game
is exceedingly rare in most of
the old romping places alongtive recreation places San An-
tonio's environments can afford.
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At this season of the year, in
springtime-beginning of April,
our Texas prairies and plains
are "all in glory"-or, rather,
"all is one 'flora ' " From the
cities' limits to all over the
country, and in particular also
around San Antonio, along the
vales and hilly regions andFOREST SCENERY AND LAKE AT SAN PEDRO SPRINGS PARK
our romantic river-bottoms - pastures and bottom-land, prai-
at least in the near vicinity of rie flowers are seen in unusual
our present metropolis; however, profusion and brilliant colors
these outing places, especially this year-due to the heavy
around the old Berg's Mill and rains of late and the country's
southeast of the Missions San early spring. In drougthy years
Juan and Espada, as well as the these same regions are but
Cassin Lake and the new Blue sparingly supplied with wild
Wing Lake preserves, will always flowers; however, a great va-
remain some of the most attrac- riety of them are always more
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/256/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.