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 168
... Meru , revealing the jagged walls and the great cinder cone of its exploded crater . Before long , I heard the somber crack of a snapped branch , and rounding a bend , found my path barred by elephants . They were feeding on both sides ...
... Meru , revealing the jagged walls and the great cinder cone of its exploded crater . Before long , I heard the somber crack of a snapped branch , and rounding a bend , found my path barred by elephants . They were feeding on both sides ...
Page 170
... Meru lies a moun- tain wilderness still relatively unexplored called the Chaperro . I went there with Vesey and John Beasley , the warden of Ngurdoto , and two as- karis of the Meru tribe , Serekieli and Frank . A certain Podocarpus ...
... Meru lies a moun- tain wilderness still relatively unexplored called the Chaperro . I went there with Vesey and John Beasley , the warden of Ngurdoto , and two as- karis of the Meru tribe , Serekieli and Frank . A certain Podocarpus ...
Page 172
... Meru tribesmen had placed a bee- hive , essentially a hollowed cedar log with a re- movable bottom , hung from a limb by a wooden hook . ( The Dorobo add to the hive's efficiency by hailing the bees in strange high - pitched tones ...
... Meru tribesmen had placed a bee- hive , essentially a hollowed cedar log with a re- movable bottom , hung from a limb by a wooden hook . ( The Dorobo add to the hive's efficiency by hailing the bees in strange high - pitched tones ...
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