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taminated fish was used to bait 

 a large trotline during Dip,'Ut 

 liours. 



Such are some of the disagree- 

 able annoyances in camp life; 

 however, it also gave uy :i c-jod 

 lesson, not alone how to destroy, 

 with one sweep of a little boiling 

 water, myriads of developing 

 flies, but also, my compan- 

 ion, Alfred Haubold, detected a 

 new m^ans of wardiucj ot'l' any 

 flies and other insectis from infest- 

 in*/ and breeding on fish and 



Boerne, and six miles beyond War- 

 ing, is about one of the most in- 

 teresting and highly picturesque 

 outing places of Western Texas. 

 One of the photo-views herein 

 vividly depicts the grandeur of 

 the Guadalupe river close to Se- 

 guin and gives an idea how the 

 balance of the scenery along this 

 rivulet looks — like all along its 

 northern and northwestern course 

 into the hilly and mountainous re- 

 gions. The Dlace we camped late- 

 ly was an indescribably pict'ir- 



In Camp, Near Guadalupe River 



other meatstuffs simfjly by sprink- 

 ling the inside fish parts with 

 "Mexine" — a pepper preparation 

 for making Mexican dishes. This 

 absolutely kept the flios oi:', whilst 

 mere salt and black pepper powder 

 would not have any effect on the 

 flies. Try it once, ye campers ! 



The Guadalupe river, where v;e 

 camped and fished, beyond Se- 

 guin, and especially at Sisterdale, 

 some twelve miles north of the 

 picturesque railroad town ol' 



csque place, surrounded with huge 

 and century-old cypress and some 

 pecans, oak, elder, cedar and other 

 forest trees ; and plenty of such 

 game as squirrels and rabbits, es- 

 pecially, also, swamp-rabbits 

 abounded ; whilst at night some of 

 the large night owls kept iis 

 awake with their peculiar sonor- 

 ous ■ calling from one end of the 

 forest to- the other. 



The caijiT) picture seen herein 

 was taken oh the road leading to 



