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 116
... killed , and not one of those chaps ever got a scratch ! " It is said that many of the best moran died of infection in the years that followed the great rin- derpest plagues , when the proliferating lions , having finished the dead ...
... killed , and not one of those chaps ever got a scratch ! " It is said that many of the best moran died of infection in the years that followed the great rin- derpest plagues , when the proliferating lions , having finished the dead ...
Page 123
... killed and our people either being killed or injured by these animals . We are fined or imprisoned when we kill these animals for food even in times of extreme famine despite the fact that we share our land with them . The presence of ...
... killed and our people either being killed or injured by these animals . We are fined or imprisoned when we kill these animals for food even in times of extreme famine despite the fact that we share our land with them . The presence of ...
Page 138
... killed to feed these starving cubs is opposed by George Schaller on the grounds that such artificial feeding would in- terfere with the balance of lion numbers as well as with the natural selection that maintains the vitality of the ...
... killed to feed these starving cubs is opposed by George Schaller on the grounds that such artificial feeding would in- terfere with the balance of lion numbers as well as with the natural selection that maintains the vitality of the ...
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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