The Nomadic Alternative – Page 124
The Nomadic Alternative
Page 124
HUNTING - THE ART OF THE MINIMUM
In the part of Libya, where wild beasts are found, live the Garamantes who avoid all intercourse with men, possess no weapons of war, and do not know how to defend themselves.
Herodotus IV, 174
...veritable hermits of the mountains, utterly unfit for warlike contention, and seem to have sought immunity from their dangerous neighbours by dwelling among the inaccessible fastnesses of the mountains.
Hiram Chittenden on the Mountain Diggers or "Sheepeaters" of the Great Basin
There is no sight more revolting than to see a young and gracefully formed native girl stepping out of the carcass of a putrid whale.
... and I must really confess that a kangaroo rat, nicely singed and cooked by them, is not a bad dish for a hungry traveller.
Sir George Grey, Journal of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia during the Years, 1837, 38 and 39.
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