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dom that fatalities from the latter 

 occur. The average traveler or 

 hunter being nowadays better in- 

 formed as to the haunts and habits 

 of such animals and of the emergen- 

 cy appliances in case of accidental 

 injury, and as may be found "in 

 previous articles on the scientific 

 treatment of snakebites, etc., in 

 this book issue. 



San Antonio's environments and 



mous consumptioi of subterranian 

 and other causes, and also the ad- 

 joining Salado Creek, the Leona, 

 Guadalupe and Medina Rivers, 

 besides other streams were swarm- 

 ing with the finny tribe, and big 

 fellows at that. Catfish, bass and 

 eels of enormous size were caught 

 to the heart's content, and the old 

 San Pedro Creek in olden days 

 was full of them. I recollect when 







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;BoAT Fishing Along the Beautiful Forest Bottoms of the Salado Creek, East of San Antonio; 



Once, and in Some Places Yet, a Great Fishing Place for Eel, Catfish, Trout, Etc. 



(An Old Photoview by the Writer) 



the Texas rivulets in general, es- 

 pecially the coast regions, have 

 always been great fishing resorts 

 for outing parties and lovers of the 

 rod and reel. In olden times the 

 San Antonio River and the San 

 Pedro Creek — both now nearly 

 gone dry by reason of the enorm- 



living near the creek some forty 

 years ago, how a Mexican had to 

 help me pull out a catfish of about 

 forty pounds which was caught in 

 one of the large open tule places 

 thfe Salinas Street bridge, called 

 the "Huisatche Hole," a favorite 

 bathing place for boys in those 



