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Page 69
... miles , unable to place a man on foot in its long brain . Northward , over pinnacles and desert buttes , the sky was clear , but directly ahead as I walked south , dark rain arose over Mt. Kenya , fifty miles away . Coming fast , the ...
... miles , unable to place a man on foot in its long brain . Northward , over pinnacles and desert buttes , the sky was clear , but directly ahead as I walked south , dark rain arose over Mt. Kenya , fifty miles away . Coming fast , the ...
Page 78
... miles south of where we had last seen it . Lake Rudolf , one hundred and fifty miles in length , was once connected to the Nile , and still contains the great Nile perch , two hundred pounds or better , as well as Kenya's last signifi ...
... miles south of where we had last seen it . Lake Rudolf , one hundred and fifty miles in length , was once connected to the Nile , and still contains the great Nile perch , two hundred pounds or better , as well as Kenya's last signifi ...
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... miles in extent , would have to be doubled in size , expanding east to the Crater Highlands and northward into Kenya , through the Maasai Mara to the Mau Range . Human population increase and a lack of protein in lands which suffer from ...
... miles in extent , would have to be doubled in size , expanding east to the Crater Highlands and northward into Kenya , through the Maasai Mara to the Mau Range . Human population increase and a lack of protein in lands which suffer from ...
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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