Stones of Silence: Journeys in the HimalayaSchaller's tale of his Himalyan treks (1969-1975) to assess the effect of humans on the habitat of wild sheep and goats. He describes, also, a less known area--the Nilgiri Hills at the tip of the subcontinent. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 159
... dhole . The dhole interested me greatly for I had just finished studying their closest relative , the African hunting dog . Reggie knows more about dhole than any other person , and one day he took me to the Mudumalai Sanctuary , at the ...
... dhole . The dhole interested me greatly for I had just finished studying their closest relative , the African hunting dog . Reggie knows more about dhole than any other person , and one day he took me to the Mudumalai Sanctuary , at the ...
Page 162
... dhole pack again the following morning . At 8:30 a boy leading a sheep down the road told us that he had heard a strange scream a short way back , and there we found four dhole in a clearing feeding on a yearling male chital . Seeing us ...
... dhole pack again the following morning . At 8:30 a boy leading a sheep down the road told us that he had heard a strange scream a short way back , and there we found four dhole in a clearing feeding on a yearling male chital . Seeing us ...
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... dhole bounded out of the forest and all milled around with wagging tails , exuberantly reunited . The pack trotted to within 120 feet of us , intent on reach- ing their kill , but one emitted a yip followed by a series of staccato ...
... dhole bounded out of the forest and all milled around with wagging tails , exuberantly reunited . The pack trotted to within 120 feet of us , intent on reach- ing their kill , but one emitted a yip followed by a series of staccato ...
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Path to the Mountains | 1 |
Mountains in the Desert | 115 |
Cloud Goats | 150 |
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