Vanishing Tracks: Four Years Among the Snow Leopards of Nepal |
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... slope high above , a hour's hike up . We held a “ board ” meeting at which various suggestions were offered for how to get the big , heavy pines down the slope without dropping them in the river , and then how to get them onto the ...
... slope high above , a hour's hike up . We held a “ board ” meeting at which various suggestions were offered for how to get the big , heavy pines down the slope without dropping them in the river , and then how to get them onto the ...
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... of sounds drifted across the slope . Cackling and chuckling were mingled with whistles of three ascending notes , ending on a high , sharp “ wheet . ” In the mornings the slopes resounded with their calls and gave Tillisha 228 DARLA ...
... of sounds drifted across the slope . Cackling and chuckling were mingled with whistles of three ascending notes , ending on a high , sharp “ wheet . ” In the mornings the slopes resounded with their calls and gave Tillisha 228 DARLA ...
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... slope above . Few photographs existed of Himalayan tahr in their native habitat . Now , midday sunlight glared on the canyon's features , and the wind was at maximum blast . I tried to stay hidden as I tried to find a good position from ...
... slope above . Few photographs existed of Himalayan tahr in their native habitat . Now , midday sunlight glared on the canyon's features , and the wind was at maximum blast . I tried to stay hidden as I tried to find a good position from ...
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