258 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISOENCBS. 



therefore, conspicuous over the 



prairie plains, at great distance. 



"Cattle and horses generally 



avoid places where such cacti 



night raids that cattle are liable 

 to be injured, or during the 

 swift rides of the cowboy's 

 horse through the jungles. 



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San Antonio Outing Party; Afternoon Siesta in Texas Flower-Land — Under a Huge 

 Hackberry Tree; River Bottom Forest Scenery; South of San Antonio 



as the sharp-spiked melon cac- 

 tus abound, and it is mostly 

 during a stampede or during 



Usually this cactus variety 

 is of an isolated nature in its 

 habits, being generally found 



