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254 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
tion to Del Rio made use of
their sixshooters. Uncle Sam's
soldiers, it is known the world
over, are crack shots with the
pistol, and on arriving at the
Nueces River, whilst taking a
swim in that romantic country
around Del Rio, some of the
soldiers made targets of theSuch were some of the good
olden time "reminiscences" of
1875.
I append in these sketches a few
original photo views from my pri-
vate collection of Texas prairie
sceneries.
To those taking the least in-
terest in nature's great works,
will find a multitude of interest-IN MIIlsr A WILDERNNESS OF TEXAS PRAIRIE I. FLTOWES EARI SAN ANTONIO
many moccasins abounding
there-the genuine, broad-head-
ed and deadly water-moccasin,
many of which the soldiers
destroyed by shooting with their
six-shooters whilst they swam
along the water's edge or basking
in the sun on some rocks or ever-
hanging tree branches.ing nature-sceneries and nature-
products around San Antonio's
near vicinity. Besides prairie
flowers, it is the peculiar and
interesting pachydermatoid cactus
plant, vhich, though rather a
very common and ugly plant
to many, these plants, during
bloom and berry-bearing time,
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/258/?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.