264 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 



"When my two friends, (Lucas and 

 Grosenbacher,) returned to our 

 camp loaded with ducks and a 

 swamp-rabbit there was great re- 

 joicing, especially when the scent 

 of a fine roasted beef-steak and 

 the aroma of hot coffe was wafted 

 on the breeze to their nostrils. 



This same camp with hunter 

 "testing" the coffee; some wild 

 ducks on the shadowy ground; a 

 cow feeding in the rear, etc., is 

 also depicted herein, elsewhere. 



own self, on the picture. The 

 large tree trunk felled by light- 

 ning and depicted in first photo, 

 was close by, as also some fine 

 large ducks in our camp. My 

 two friends also were loaded with 

 a full string of fine ducks, hung 

 over their shoulders; and after 

 placing the camp ducks on the 

 large tree trunk and ourselves in 

 view position, I managed to pre- 

 pare the hunting scene reproduced 

 in these pages; also another view 



"Warming Up"' During a Bitter Cold Day in Camp at Mitchell's Lake 

 (Old Time Hunting Scenery, by the Writer) 



at another occasion, and almost at 

 the same camp scenes, one 

 cold, but very brisrht day, I hap- 

 pened to meet my old Mitchell's 

 lake hunting companions, Hensel 

 and Callsen, both just arriving at 

 their cosy club-house near the 

 lake shore and loaded with ducks, 

 and I invited them to a little sur- 

 prise experiment : of being ' ' shot ' ' 

 with the camera, including my 



of two other enthusiastic hunters 

 and the writer (seen holding the 

 string which exnosed the plate). 



After this little intermezzo on 

 Mitchell's lake reminiscenses a 

 a few more illustrations may be 

 added here regarding small wame 

 hunting near San Antonio which 

 explain themselves. 



Game in general is rather scarce 

 in the immediate vicinity of San 



