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Page 193
... volcanoes ; the cones are grassy , with neat craters . Other cra- ters are inset in the level ground , as if the earth ... volcano , their clubs or rungus like extensions of long bony arms : " Kilima cha Mungu ! " they cry . Mountain of ...
... volcanoes ; the cones are grassy , with neat craters . Other cra- ters are inset in the level ground , as if the earth ... volcano , their clubs or rungus like extensions of long bony arms : " Kilima cha Mungu ! " they cry . Mountain of ...
Page 196
... volcano . Buffeted by down- drafts , dodging clouds , the light planes came in over the deep furrows of the flanks and made tight circles over the sickening vat . In its brim- stone smokes , dead grays , sulfurous yellows , there was no ...
... volcano . Buffeted by down- drafts , dodging clouds , the light planes came in over the deep furrows of the flanks and made tight circles over the sickening vat . In its brim- stone smokes , dead grays , sulfurous yellows , there was no ...
Page 204
... volcano and the marsh of Uaso Ngiro . In a water gleam that parts the fierce bright reeds , a woman and a man are bathing . The woman squats , her small shoul- ders demure , but the man stands straight as a gazelle and gazes , body ...
... volcano and the marsh of Uaso Ngiro . In a water gleam that parts the fierce bright reeds , a woman and a man are bathing . The woman squats , her small shoul- ders demure , but the man stands straight as a gazelle and gazes , body ...
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