The Tree where Man was BornIn this book, two naturalists join to evoke the African experience. |
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Page 68
... Samburu has been a game reserve since 1966 , but most of its life it has been closed due to the shifta ; bandits on a poaching raid killed two of its African game scouts only this year . Such tracks , fords , dams , and bridges as it ...
... Samburu has been a game reserve since 1966 , but most of its life it has been closed due to the shifta ; bandits on a poaching raid killed two of its African game scouts only this year . Such tracks , fords , dams , and bridges as it ...
Page 71
... Samburu call themselves il - oikop " the fierce ones , " but to the Maasai are known as il - sampurrum pur ( literally , the white butterflies often found around sheep and goat dung ) due to their constant movement in search of water ...
... Samburu call themselves il - oikop " the fierce ones , " but to the Maasai are known as il - sampurrum pur ( literally , the white butterflies often found around sheep and goat dung ) due to their constant movement in search of water ...
Page 79
... Samburu , Turkana , and Rendille , whose grass huts , like clusters of small haystacks , litter the oasis . None of these people of bare open spaces takes shelter from the sun and wind among the trees , prefer- ring to build their ...
... Samburu , Turkana , and Rendille , whose grass huts , like clusters of small haystacks , litter the oasis . None of these people of bare open spaces takes shelter from the sun and wind among the trees , prefer- ring to build their ...
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