The Tree where Man was BornIn this classic volume, Matthiessen exquisitely combines both nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully portrays the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator kills; the hundreds of exotic animals; the breathtaking landscapes; and the area's turbulent natural, political, and social histories. |
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Page 105
... gazelle . Eight wild dogs were hunting new gazelle left hidden by their mothers in the tussocks ; one snatched a calf out of the grass only yards from the tires of the Land Rover , and with the two nearest dogs tore it to bits . The ...
... gazelle . Eight wild dogs were hunting new gazelle left hidden by their mothers in the tussocks ; one snatched a calf out of the grass only yards from the tires of the Land Rover , and with the two nearest dogs tore it to bits . The ...
Page 106
... gazelle , dead of disease , that the carrion - eaters had not yet located , and also a young Grant's gazelle that must have been taken by the two huge lappet- faced vultures that we drove away , for the kill was fresh and no predators ...
... gazelle , dead of disease , that the carrion - eaters had not yet located , and also a young Grant's gazelle that must have been taken by the two huge lappet- faced vultures that we drove away , for the kill was fresh and no predators ...
Page 109
... gazelle was walking slowly , cocking its head every little way as if to shake a burr out of its ear . It was marking out its territory by dip- ping its eye toward a stiff prominent blade of grass , the tip of which penetrates a gland ...
... gazelle was walking slowly , cocking its head every little way as if to shake a burr out of its ear . It was marking out its territory by dip- ping its eye toward a stiff prominent blade of grass , the tip of which penetrates a gland ...
Contents
The Tree Where Man Was Born | 21 |
White Highlands | 31 |
Northwest Frontier | 49 |
Copyright | |
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