The Tree where Man was BornIn this book, two naturalists join to evoke the African experience. |
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Page 79
... fish bones , old hearths , bits of rope and netting , rags . Fish dry on the thatch roofs , and on the rocks above wait rooks and gulls . Below , a smaller village stands outlined on the inland sea . The Llo - molo , who pride ...
... fish bones , old hearths , bits of rope and netting , rags . Fish dry on the thatch roofs , and on the rocks above wait rooks and gulls . Below , a smaller village stands outlined on the inland sea . The Llo - molo , who pride ...
Page 81
... fish from fleeing out beneath . Now a boy splashes through the shal- lows , scaring fish into the net . The tilapia , one or two pounds each , are picked out and carried ashore , where a man squatting on his heels strips off the ...
... fish from fleeing out beneath . Now a boy splashes through the shal- lows , scaring fish into the net . The tilapia , one or two pounds each , are picked out and carried ashore , where a man squatting on his heels strips off the ...
Page 82
... fishing alone , pierces a one- pound fish at least fifteen feet from shore . The stalk , the squat , the wait and rise and throw is a dance more stirring than the spear dance of the moran , which had been taken from another cul- ture ...
... fishing alone , pierces a one- pound fish at least fifteen feet from shore . The stalk , the squat , the wait and rise and throw is a dance more stirring than the spear dance of the moran , which had been taken from another cul- ture ...
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