San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-12-21
THE FUTURE OF TEx.s
Galveston to be the Port OF the South
to Export Wheat and Meat In I.rr, "n'
Quantities.
New York World, Dec. a

in this country from Scotland in Eve
tember last, and has since then hs p'
hunting in Texas, returned 10 zen S
city few days ago, and is now s. si'
ping at the Hoffman house In up
interview yesterday with reno,.s ~
of the World, Lord Douglas ss;si
"The Earl of Aylesford, Captain Ts,
greaves and myself, after visiting tIs
principal places of interest in ? t tIs
West, left st. Louis on the 18th of a.
tober in special car, kindly placsd
at our disposal by the Lake Shore and
Erie Railroad company. We had
good cook and were pretty well
provided with all the necessar
equipments for a shooting tour. W.
stopped at Trinity, and went still
hunting after wood deer. They WE'RE
very plentiful, and we killed a laros
number. While at Trinity bay We
met a numbered Scotch families, some
of them from my own part of the
country. They seem contented and
prosperous in, their new homes. We
next proceeded to Houston and stop. i.
ped over for the dack and snipe shoot.
ing. We were a little early f0q the
former, but the snipe We're plentiful"
"Did you find that the climate
agreed with you2''
Yes; we enjoyed perfect health.
The climate of Texas is as near per.
fection as it can be, and 1 think the
State has great future before it. The
land is unrivaled for ranching Dur.
poses, and the railroads are enterpris.
ing and constantly increasing their
facilities. We We're particularly pleased
with Galveston, and We're greatly in
terested in the harbor Improvements
that are now progressing there. The
method adopted in these improvments
is very ingenious. The current of
the stream is turned by blankets of
brushwood that are sunk with stones.
The current running straight cat to
the sea, instead of along the shore as
formerly, carries, the. sand that used
to accumulate and fosm the bar, away
AS the work progresses greater
volume of water will pass through
the center of the harbor and VII be
the means of moving the bar entirely.
Should the experiment. prove success
full L think that Galveston will become
the: port of the South, and an enor-
mons trade will be done there IN ex-
porting cotton and meat, for it will
allow ships, Of any size to
sail up to the whauves. From Gal
weston we went to New Orleans, and
from there we travelled through Loui-
5iana on the New Orleans and Pacific
to Dallas, and thence on to
Colorado City. We. intended stopping
here for. some shooting but,
hanging our plans, went on to Ell
aaso. l had heard many stories
sbout the recklessness and brutality
If the cowboys, but I am glad to say
hat I was agreeably disappointed in
hem. We We're. treated by them with
Uniform. kindn4ss and hospitality
They are natura's noblemen. A finer
md more manly or better bnilt set OF .
nen [ never Saw"
did. you succeed in killing much
,ame?'
In some places there vas great
quantity of game. From the windows
# the cars n4ar Carson we saw great
lerds of antelope. 1t IS a curious
hing that, although these animals
vii. run along the track for miles IN
aree numbers, they will never cross
t, coming close to the. edge and then
tarting back. Thousands of them
an be seen from the windows ca one
ide of tia cars, but not one appears
II the other side. We shot q num-
er of antelopes, and Lord Aylesford'
he great hunter OF our party, was
articularly fortunate, as ne killed
yer fifty. It became quite cold While
re We're in Carson, and one day a
errible northern came upon us While
re We're out hunting, making 1t hara
FORK to keep comfortable. 1t took all
he romance out of the prairie hunting
Or me. l shall not soon forget tha'
light, the fire roasting me behlha'
nd the wind freezing me in front
We next travelled over the NandaM
QUITE. 1t is the most beautiful line
railway 1 ever saw and runs through
rand stretches of country with mag
ificent views of valleys and hills
What are your impressions d
'exas?"
Il do not think there is any fu'uIs
OF sport in Texas. The buffalo anu
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