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The
"
wild
China
"
--
a
true
sapindal
--
the
pecân
,
the
elm
,
the
hackberry
,
and
the
oak
of
several
species
--
with
here
and
there
a
cypress
or
Cottonwood
--
form
the
components
of
many
a
sylvan
scene
,
which
,
from
the
blending
of
their
leaves
of
various
shades
of
green
,
and
the
ever
changing
contour
of
their
clumps
,
deserves
to
be
denominated
fair
.
The
streams
of
this
region
are
of
crystal
purity
--
their
waters
tinted
only
by
the
reflection
of
sapphire
skies
.
Its
sun
,
moon
,
and
stars
are
scarcely
ever
concealed
behind
a
cloud
.
The
demon
of
disease
has
not
found
his
way
into
this
salubrious
spot
:
no
epidemic
can
dwell
within
its
borders
.
Despite
these
advantages
,
civilised
man
has
not
yet
made
it
his
home
.
Its
paths
are
trodden
only
by
the
red-skinned
rovers
of
the
prairie
--
Lipano
or
Comanche
--
and
these
only
when
mounted
,
and
upon
the
maraud
towards
the
settlements
of
the
Lower
Nueces
,
or
Leona
.
It
may
be
on
this
account
--
though
it
would
almost
seem
as
if
they
were
actuated
by
a
love
of
the
beautiful
and
picturesque
--
that
the
true
children
of
Nature
,
the
wild
animals
,
have
selected
this
spot
as
their
favourite
habitat
and
home
.
In
no
part
of
Texas
does
the
stag
bound
up
so
often
before
you
;
and
nowhere
is
the
timid
antelope
so
frequently
seen
.
The
rabbit
,
and
his
gigantic
cousin
,
the
mule-rabbit
,
are
scarcely
ever
out
of
sight
;
while
the
polecat
,
the
opossum
,
and
the
curious
peccary
,
are
encountered
at
frequent
intervals
.
Birds
,
too
,
of
beautiful
forms
and
colours
,
enliven
the
landscape
.
The
quail
whirrs
up
from
the
path
;
the
king
vulture
wheels
in
the
ambient
air
;
the
wild
turkey
,
of
gigantic
stature
,
suns
his
resplendent
gorget
by
the
side
of
the
pecân
copse
,
and
the
singular
tailor-bird
--
known
among
the
rude
Rangers
as
the
"
bird
of
paradise
"
--
flouts
his
long
scissors-like
tail
among
the
feathery
fronds
of
the
acacia
.
Beautiful
butterflies
spread
their
wide
wings
in
flapping
flight
;
or
,
perched
upon
some
gay
corolla
,
look
as
if
they
formed
part
of
the
flower
.
Huge
bees
(
Meliponae
)
,
clad
in
velvet
liveries
,
buzz
amid
the
blossoming
bushes
,
disputing
possession
with
hawkmoths
and
humming-birds
not
much
larger
than
themselves
.
They
are
not
all
innocent
,
the
denizens
of
this
lovely
land
.
Here
the
rattlesnake
attains
to
larger
dimensions
than
in
any
other
part
of
North
America
,
and
shares
the
covert
with
the
more
dangerous
moccasin
.
Here
,
too
,
the
tarantula
inflicts
its
venomous
sting
;
the
scorpion
poisons
with
its
bite
;
and
the
centipede
,
by
simply
crawling
over
the
skin
,
causes
a
fever
that
may
prove
fatal
!
Along
the
wooded
banks
of
the
streams
may
be
encountered
the
spotted
ocelot
,
the
puma
,
and
their
more
powerful
congener
,
the
jaguar
;
the
last
of
these
felidae
being
here
upon
the
northern
limit
of
its
geographical
range
.
Along
the
edges
of
the
chapparal
skulks
the
gaunt
Texan
wolf
--
solitarily
and
in
silence
;
while
a
kindred
and
more
cowardly
species
,
the
coyoté
,
may
be
observed
,
far
out
upon
the
open
plain
,
hunting
in
packs
.
