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Page 160
... fields and there the cow is merely an " exploited scavenger , " as the anthropologist Marvin Harris phrased it . For example , one area of West Bengal has a density of four people and one cow per acre . The animals forage mainly along ...
... fields and there the cow is merely an " exploited scavenger , " as the anthropologist Marvin Harris phrased it . For example , one area of West Bengal has a density of four people and one cow per acre . The animals forage mainly along ...
Page 177
... fields rippled down from the crests . It was a scene of bucolic splendor , if one overlooked the ecological problems those hillsides implied . Although Nepal's midlands were once covered with forests , over half of the land has been ...
... fields rippled down from the crests . It was a scene of bucolic splendor , if one overlooked the ecological problems those hillsides implied . Although Nepal's midlands were once covered with forests , over half of the land has been ...
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... fields become smaller and stonier , and solitary houses replace villages , drab like the earth , only clusters of yellow maize cobs hung to dry on the verandas adding a touch of color . Fields soon give way to thickets and ex- panses of ...
... fields become smaller and stonier , and solitary houses replace villages , drab like the earth , only clusters of yellow maize cobs hung to dry on the verandas adding a touch of color . Fields soon give way to thickets and ex- panses of ...
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ahead altitudes animals behavior bharal Bhote Kosi blue sheep boulders camp canyon Chitral Chitral Gol cliffs climb clouds crest cubs dark descend dhole Dolpo feet female forest Gilgit glacier gorge grass Gyaltsen habitat halt head herd hills Himalaya Himalayan tahr Hindu Hindu Kush horns hunting Hunza ibex India Indus Jang-bu Karakoram Karchat Kashmir Khan Kilik Pass kill lama Lapche leave livestock loads look males Marco Polo sheep markhor miles Misgar monastery morning mountains nearby Nepal night Nilgiri tahr once Pakistan pass peaks Pervez Peter Phu-Tsering plateau porters rams range reached remain ridge Ringmo river road rock route sheep and goats Sherpas Shey Skardu slopes snow leopard soon species stone Tarakot tent Tibet Tibetan tiger trail trees trip tsampa urial valley vanished village walk walls watched wild goat wildlife wind winter wolves yaks young