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nuity in preparing their dwell- 

 ings — and as seen in particiils 

 in one of the original illustrations 

 of one of such, rather ancient and 

 now abandoned and delapidated 

 Mexican dwelling. During an out- 

 ins: and hunting trip along the 

 picturesque river bottom south of 

 San Antonio during winter and a 



and as it began raining on our 

 arrival, we seeked shelter in this 

 old Mexican hut. Some of the 

 lucky nimrods of our party had 

 shot a number of teal ducks along 

 the river bank. They were strung 

 on the nearby hackberry tree 

 limbs, and some on the old posts 

 in front of the hut. These posts, 



Remnants of an Ancient Mexican Jacal 



severe cold and rainy day, we 

 came across this old abandoned 

 Mexican hut — picturesquely locat- 

 ed between forest trees and vines, 

 and- close to a fine irrigated pie" 

 of land. Huge pecan trees loaded 

 with ripening TJecans and hack- 

 berry trees are located all around, 



seen in the picture, served their 

 time for a shed in front of the 

 old hut — the ravages of time and 

 weather conditions, however, de- 

 stroyed the flat tule roof coverings 

 of the front shed — seen in part on 

 the ground and close to the hut 

 entrance- The interior and general 



