Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.

The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done.

To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.

Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.

Stone tools are fossilized human behavior.

I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!

Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.