Acacia Karoo - Adelaide (South Arica)
Item
- Title
- Acacia Karoo - Adelaide (South Arica)
- Creator
- Pringle,Thomas (1789-1834)
- Date
- 1822
- Description
- Transcript: "1822 Thomas Pringle, 1835 April. In The Koonap River Valley, Adelaide, E.Cape. p.126. "Among the mimosa trees (i.e. thorntrees) sprinkled over the meadows, or lower bottoms, the traces of their (i.e. elephant) operations were not less apparent. Immense numbers of these trees had been torn out of the ground and placed in an inverted position in order to enable the animals to browse at their ease on their juicy roots which form a favourite part of their food. I observed that, in numerous instances, when the trees were of considerable size, The elephant had employed one of his tusks, exactly as he would use a crowbar, thrusting it under The roots to loosen their hold on The earth before he attempted to tear them up with his proboscis, many of the larger mimosas had resisted all their efforts, and, indeed, it is only after rains that they can successfully attempt the operation."
- Subject/s
- Acacia karroo -- South Africa -- Adelaide
- Trees -- South Africa
- Language
- English
- Type
- mixed material
- essay
- Extent
- i page
- Format
- Source
- Original materials held by the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University
- Archive
- Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University
- Rights
- Pringle,Thomas (1789-1834)
- Use/re-use
- Copyright may subsist in this material. Permission to reproduce, publish, or distribute must be obtained from the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109175
- Item sets
- C.J. Skead Photograph Collection
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