The Tree where Man was BornIn this book, two naturalists join to evoke the African experience. |
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Page 120
... clouds to watch us go . The Mountain of God is a magnificent pure cone , a true mythic volcano , shrouded in pale ash so fine that it mists into the canopies of clouds , making the whole mountain an illusion . Now the sun appeared , and ...
... clouds to watch us go . The Mountain of God is a magnificent pure cone , a true mythic volcano , shrouded in pale ash so fine that it mists into the canopies of clouds , making the whole mountain an illusion . Now the sun appeared , and ...
Page 193
... clouds gathered in the water . He picked at his thin body , one - legged in the evanescent pool that will vanish in summer like the haze of green on this burning land . Grasslands . Eland , swallows , clouds , and wind . A lone Maasai ...
... clouds gathered in the water . He picked at his thin body , one - legged in the evanescent pool that will vanish in summer like the haze of green on this burning land . Grasslands . Eland , swallows , clouds , and wind . A lone Maasai ...
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... clouds . The light plane skirted Lake Manyara and the dusty flats of the witch - ridden Mbugwe , then crossed Mbulu Land , on the Kainam Plateau . Soon it passed over a great silent valley . " That's the Yaida , ” Turner told me ...
... clouds . The light plane skirted Lake Manyara and the dusty flats of the witch - ridden Mbugwe , then crossed Mbulu Land , on the Kainam Plateau . Soon it passed over a great silent valley . " That's the Yaida , ” Turner told me ...
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