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Page 221
... Samburu moran , strolling round all day with a seven - foot spear , guarding one's own cattle and stealing other ... Samburu , wealthy in cattle , have no other source of income whatsoever . Almost every activity of government involves ...
... Samburu moran , strolling round all day with a seven - foot spear , guarding one's own cattle and stealing other ... Samburu , wealthy in cattle , have no other source of income whatsoever . Almost every activity of government involves ...
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... Samburu . They are here to ascertain why the Samburu keep so healthy on a diet that consists solely of milk and meat , and why in particular , they never have coronary thrombosis . There is no difficulty in obtaining the samples ; for ...
... Samburu . They are here to ascertain why the Samburu keep so healthy on a diet that consists solely of milk and meat , and why in particular , they never have coronary thrombosis . There is no difficulty in obtaining the samples ; for ...
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... Samburu sees cattle as an insurance policy , as an investment producing 20 per cent or 30 per cent per annum ; as something which a wise man accumulates and only a spendthrift sells . To this galaxy of talent must be added at last the ...
... Samburu sees cattle as an insurance policy , as an investment producing 20 per cent or 30 per cent per annum ; as something which a wise man accumulates and only a spendthrift sells . To this galaxy of talent must be added at last the ...
Contents
A GLIMPSE OF THE STRATOSPHERE BY ANTHONY SMYTHE | 35 |
ANIMALS LET YOU DOWN BY J K STANFORD | 384 |
ON HORSEBACK IN THE TRUCIAL STATES BY CAPTAIN A J RUNDELL R A | 465 |
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