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 20
... Lake Tana RED DAHLAK ARCHIPELAGO S E A 4- AFARS ( DANAKIL ) AND ISSAS TERR . Djibouti GULF OF ADEN HIGH SEMIEN Addis ... Natron River S O SOMALI 7 . M A LI Mogadishu E роп A N River Voi ARIANGULO Galana R. AGIRIAMA Malindi BAJUN Lamu Mombasa ...
... Lake Tana RED DAHLAK ARCHIPELAGO S E A 4- AFARS ( DANAKIL ) AND ISSAS TERR . Djibouti GULF OF ADEN HIGH SEMIEN Addis ... Natron River S O SOMALI 7 . M A LI Mogadishu E роп A N River Voi ARIANGULO Galana R. AGIRIAMA Malindi BAJUN Lamu Mombasa ...
Page 144
... Lake Manyara , like Lake Natron , is a soda lake or magadi that lies along the base of the Rift Escarpment . The east side of the lake lies in arid plain , but the west shore , where streams emerge from the porous volcanic rock of the ...
... Lake Manyara , like Lake Natron , is a soda lake or magadi that lies along the base of the Rift Escarpment . The east side of the lake lies in arid plain , but the west shore , where streams emerge from the porous volcanic rock of the ...
Page 208
... Lake Natron . I was careful to be quiet : the night has ears , as the Maasai say . From the Crater Highlands rose the Southern Cross ; the Pleiades , which the Maasai associate with rains , had waned in early June . July is the time of ...
... Lake Natron . I was careful to be quiet : the night has ears , as the Maasai say . From the Crater Highlands rose the Southern Cross ; the Pleiades , which the Maasai associate with rains , had waned in early June . July is the time of ...
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acacia animals arrow Bantu baobab Barabaig birds buffalo bush camp cattle century climb clouds Crater Highlands dark dead desert dogs Dorobo ears earth East Africa elephant Enderlein Engaruka escarpment eyes feet fire forest gazelle George Schaller Gidabembe Giga grass Hadza Hamitic head herd herdsmen hide hills hunters hunting huts hyena Iain Isanzu Kamba Kenya Kikuyu killed Kopjes Lake Natron Lake Rudolf Land Rover Lengai leopard light lion live Llo-molo Maasai Maasai Land Magadi Magandula Mangati Manyara Mbulu Meru miles mountain Myles Nairobi Nangai Natron Ngorongoro night Nile numbers Ol Doinyo Lengai park plain rain region rhino Rift river road rock safari Samburu Schaller Serengeti Seronera shadow Sipunga Sonjo spears stone stood Sudan Tanzania thorn tion track trees tribes Tsavo tsetse Turkana turned valley volcano vultures wild wildebeest wind wood Yaida Chini zebra