266 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISOENCES. 



AntoBio, cor reason of modern ad- 

 vanced conditions and the increase 

 of hunting facilities ; and one now- 

 adays has to make long trips to 

 get his quota of legal game. 



In olden times one hardly would 

 take notice of such game as rab- 

 bits, doves, squirrels, quail and 

 plover; curlew were so numerous 

 that a mile or two distant from 



this time of writing in winter, 1911 

 are often hauled into town for.the 

 market by the wagonloaji, and 

 large bunches of them can' often 

 be seen at local market stores, or 

 at the market house thrpughout 

 winter time. 



By request of the writer, my 

 friend, Mr. W. Stucke, prepared a 

 rice photo of one such, market rab- 



SR Scenery at Mitchell's Lake : Hensel, Calsen and the Man Who "Shot" Them All With a "Pull the-String 1 



town afforded all the sport one 

 cared to find in that line. How- 

 ever, with modern faicilitdes oP 

 traveling, all the game allowed 

 by law can yet be had in far off 

 and game favored districts, and a 

 bunch of quail and doves like the 

 original photo-view herein from 

 nature is often bagged; also of 

 various rabbits, the latter, like at 



bit exhibit, seen reproduced else- 

 where, for these remarks. As a 

 rule, the small cotton-tail rabbit 

 finds better consumers than the 

 long-eared jack-rabbit. The latter 

 however, if quite young and bodi- 

 ly sound and properly prepared as 

 " Hasenpf ef f er " is a fine dish, es- 

 espeeially if procured from near 

 a vegetable farm or garden, where 



