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 151
... forests of Southeast Asia a small , plain goat - antelope , rather stocky in build and with stilettolike horns . It was the ancestor of today's sheep and goats . Like most forest dwellers it must have been rather solitary . There are ...
... forests of Southeast Asia a small , plain goat - antelope , rather stocky in build and with stilettolike horns . It was the ancestor of today's sheep and goats . Like most forest dwellers it must have been rather solitary . There are ...
Page 163
... forest . With us that morning was Chief Forest Officer Thygarajan . The sight of dhole feeding on the chital was repugnant to him and now he declared vehemently : " We must shoot these dogs ! " I pointed out to him that earlier he had ...
... forest . With us that morning was Chief Forest Officer Thygarajan . The sight of dhole feeding on the chital was repugnant to him and now he declared vehemently : " We must shoot these dogs ! " I pointed out to him that earlier he had ...
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... forest , yet in spite of the sameness there is a feeling that we are entering a world within a world . Standing at one point in the river is a curiously shaped rock carved by the waters into a massive figure of a man , his stomach ...
... forest , yet in spite of the sameness there is a feeling that we are entering a world within a world . Standing at one point in the river is a curiously shaped rock carved by the waters into a massive figure of a man , his stomach ...
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