The Tree where Man was BornIn this book, two naturalists join to evoke the African experience. |
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... forest , a true forest of great holy trees - the African olive , with its silver gray - green shimmering leaves and hoary twisted trunk - of wildflowers and shafts of light , cool shadows and deep humus smells , moss , ferns , glades ...
... forest , a true forest of great holy trees - the African olive , with its silver gray - green shimmering leaves and hoary twisted trunk - of wildflowers and shafts of light , cool shadows and deep humus smells , moss , ferns , glades ...
Page 186
... forest . In the silver sun of the crater mists , a dusky flycatcher , silver gray and dun , on a limb tip silvered with orchid swords and lichen , was utterly in place . This was cloud forest , with violets and butter- cups , clover and ...
... forest . In the silver sun of the crater mists , a dusky flycatcher , silver gray and dun , on a limb tip silvered with orchid swords and lichen , was utterly in place . This was cloud forest , with violets and butter- cups , clover and ...
Page 189
... forest single file . The steep path leveled out into grassy glades which , being ponds in time of rain , are mostly round . We followed them eastward , under the crater rim , working our way out of the trees . Serekieli , in forest ...
... forest single file . The steep path leveled out into grassy glades which , being ponds in time of rain , are mostly round . We followed them eastward , under the crater rim , working our way out of the trees . Serekieli , in forest ...
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acacia animals arrow Arusha Bantu baobab Barabaig birds buffalo bush camp cattle century climb clouds Crater Highlands crossed dark dead desert dogs Dorobo ears earth East Africa elephant Enderlein Engaruka escarpment eyes feet fire forest gazelle George Schaller Gidabembe Giga grass Hadza Hamitic head herd herdsmen hide hills hunters hunting huts hyena Iain Isanzu Kamba Kenya Kikuyu killed Kopjes Lake Natron Land Rover Lengai leopard light lion Llo-molo Maasai Maasai Land Magadi Magandula Mangati Manyara Mbulu Meru miles mountain Myles Nairobi Nangai Natron Ngorongoro night Nile numbers Ol Doinyo Lengai park plain rain region rhino Rift river road rock safari Samburu Schaller Serengeti Seronera shadow Sipunga Sonjo spears stone stood Sudan Tanzania thorn tion track trees tribes truck Tsavo tsetse Turkana turned valley volcano vultures wild wildebeest wind wood Yaida Chini zebra