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 55
... fields of golden wheat , carefully cutting the precious stalks with sickles . From behind a hazy veil sun scorched the land until it pulsated ; temperatures were close to 90 ° F. even at 7,000 feet . Each footstep kicked up dust until a ...
... fields of golden wheat , carefully cutting the precious stalks with sickles . From behind a hazy veil sun scorched the land until it pulsated ; temperatures were close to 90 ° F. even at 7,000 feet . Each footstep kicked up dust until a ...
Page 160
... fields and there the cow is merely an " exploited scavenger , " as the anthropologist Marvin Harris phrased it . For example , one area of West Bengal has a density of four people and one cow per acre . The animals forage mainly along ...
... fields and there the cow is merely an " exploited scavenger , " as the anthropologist Marvin Harris phrased it . For example , one area of West Bengal has a density of four people and one cow per acre . The animals forage mainly along ...
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... fields rippled down from the crests . It was a scene of bucolic splendor , if one overlooked the ecological problems those hillsides implied . Although Nepal's midlands were once covered with forests , over half of the land has been ...
... fields rippled down from the crests . It was a scene of bucolic splendor , if one overlooked the ecological problems those hillsides implied . Although Nepal's midlands were once covered with forests , over half of the land has been ...
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Path to the Mountains | 1 |
Mountains in the Desert | 115 |
Cloud Goats | 150 |
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