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3HISTORY OF TEXAS.
" If it should ever be possible to utilize this water in
some, as yet, undiscovered way, this country would be the
finest in the world. The climate, owing to the dryness of
the winter and spring, is as healthy as could be desired.
Perhaps something may be done by making tanks on a
large scale, and thus collecting the surplus rains for use
in the dry seasons. One of these has been made by
Hipolito Garcia, the owner of the Hacienda called ' Arendado,'
in Zapata county. He has, by throwing a dam
across a ravine, created quite an extensive lake, capable
not only of supplying water for his thousands of cattle,
sheep and horses, but of being used for irrigating purposes.
"'
But our wet and dry seasons are not distinctly defined,
nor are the rains equally distributed over the whole of
this region. Sometimes general rains fall during the
dry season; and on the other hand, it happens that we
do not in the wet season have the usual share. It is also
noticed that more rain falls in the neighborhood of the
San Antonio valley, and near the Gulf coast. The rule
is, that less rain falls as you proceed north and.west.
" In other respects, our climate is such as might be expected
in this latitude. While it is exceedingly hot on
the Rio Grande, the thermometer in summer sometimes
going up to 110 or even 114 in the shade, still a
constant strong breeze and invariably cool nights render
the climate rather pleasant, even in the hottest part of
summer. Near the coast, the heat is very much tempered
by the Gulf, and at Corpus Christi or Brownsville,
the heat rarely goes above 90 .
" In some respects the peculiarities of the surface of
this district are singular. Near the mouth of the San
Antonio river, and thence down to Corpus Christi bay,
we have the usual low and flat 'hog-wallow' formation,
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/38/?rotate=270: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .