THE LAND OF FOOTPRINTS 



most efficient travel. The same is true of human 

 babies as well. In this herd were, we estimated, 

 some four or five hundred beasts. 



While hunting near the foothills I came across the 

 body of a large eagle suspended by one leg from the 

 crotch of a limb. The bird's talon had missed its 

 grip, probably on alighting, the tarsus had slipped 

 through the crotch beyond the joint, the eagle had 

 fallen forward, and had never been able to flop itself 

 back to an upright position! 



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