The Tree where Man was BornIn this book, two naturalists join to evoke the African experience. |
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Page 105
... Land Rover , and with the two nearest dogs tore it to bits . The death of new calves is quick ; they are rended and gone . But one calf older than the rest sprang away before the dog and made a brave run across the plain in stiff ...
... Land Rover , and with the two nearest dogs tore it to bits . The death of new calves is quick ; they are rended and gone . But one calf older than the rest sprang away before the dog and made a brave run across the plain in stiff ...
Page 120
... Land Rover to walk home . Bouncing away , the Africans stared back at us as if we had gone mad . Then the car stink was gone , and the motor ; the twilight valley rang like a great bell . On the plain lay a tawny pipit , dead , raked by ...
... Land Rover to walk home . Bouncing away , the Africans stared back at us as if we had gone mad . Then the car stink was gone , and the motor ; the twilight valley rang like a great bell . On the plain lay a tawny pipit , dead , raked by ...
Page 168
... Land Rover , for night came down before we reached his camp . Vesey , who is the ecologist for Tanzania's na- tional parks , had been kind enough to invite me to Momela , at the foot of Mt. Meru , to learn some " bush botany " from ...
... Land Rover , for night came down before we reached his camp . Vesey , who is the ecologist for Tanzania's na- tional parks , had been kind enough to invite me to Momela , at the foot of Mt. Meru , to learn some " bush botany " from ...
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