Reflections on the Neches: A Naturalist's Odyssey Along the Big Thicket's Snow RiverUniversity of North Texas Press, 2003 - 361 من الصفحات When Geraldine Watson's father was a teenager around the turn of the last century, he spent a summer floating down the Neches River, called Snow River by the Indians. Watson grew up hearing his tales of the steamboats, log rafts, and the flora and fauna of East Texas. So when she was sixty-three years old, she decided to repeat his odyssey in her own backwater boat. Reflections on the Neches is both the story of her journey retracing her father's steps and a natural and social history of the Neches region of the Big Thicket. The Neches, one of the last "wild" rivers in Texas, is now being subjected to dams. Watson's story captures the wildness of the river and imparts a detailed history of its people and wildlife. Profusely illustrated with drawings by the author and including maps of her journey, Reflections on the Neches will appeal to all those interested in the Big Thicket region and those indulging a feeling of wanderlust--and float trips--down the river. |
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... young man 169 16. Beartine Withers at age 90 170 17. Alligators 176 18. David Crockett's Grandson 180 19. Ivory-billed Woodpeckers 185 20. Ernest Spell 197 21. Caney Head Camp 205 22. Indians 230 23. Old Wagon Road 236 24. Toys 238 25 ...
... young man 169 16. Beartine Withers at age 90 170 17. Alligators 176 18. David Crockett's Grandson 180 19. Ivory-billed Woodpeckers 185 20. Ernest Spell 197 21. Caney Head Camp 205 22. Indians 230 23. Old Wagon Road 236 24. Toys 238 25 ...
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... young. I am old. What more defiant gesture to the approaching decrepitude of old age than to embark on an adventure that most young people would not dare, and to do it in the autumn. I, my dog, the trees, the river, the animals—we know ...
... young. I am old. What more defiant gesture to the approaching decrepitude of old age than to embark on an adventure that most young people would not dare, and to do it in the autumn. I, my dog, the trees, the river, the animals—we know ...
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... young pioneer trees become established. The winter floods scour everything off the sandbars and carry the seeds to the next sandbar where the cycle repeats itself. Unseasonal flooding can prevent the annual plants from setting seeds or ...
... young pioneer trees become established. The winter floods scour everything off the sandbars and carry the seeds to the next sandbar where the cycle repeats itself. Unseasonal flooding can prevent the annual plants from setting seeds or ...
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... young will have their own private pool to grow up in without fear of large predators . When the young are large enough to survive in the river , the next year's flood carries them out . These reservoirs also keep the water table at a ...
... young will have their own private pool to grow up in without fear of large predators . When the young are large enough to survive in the river , the next year's flood carries them out . These reservoirs also keep the water table at a ...
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... young pine trees could grow, so the floodplains are the last bastion of many birds, and animals as well, which require hollow trees in which to nest. Since there are many old, dead, or dying trees in our floodplain forests, there are ...
... young pine trees could grow, so the floodplains are the last bastion of many birds, and animals as well, which require hollow trees in which to nest. Since there are many old, dead, or dying trees in our floodplain forests, there are ...
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الصفحة 21 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
الصفحة 68 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
الصفحة 212 - Just as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
الصفحة 132 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
الصفحة 146 - Heaven in a wild flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour. — William Blake, "Auguries of Innocence...
الصفحة 133 - Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
الصفحة 132 - For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between many peoples, and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more...
الصفحة xiii - It was for the sake of others that I first commenced writing biographies ; but I find myself proceeding and attaching myself to it for my own ; the virtues of these great men serving me as a sort of looking-glass, in •which I may see how to adjust and adorn my own life.
الصفحة 146 - Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
الصفحة 53 - Four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold Seven for a secret never to be told...