On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 18:46, Eva Hedin wrote:
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> Can you imagine - running for eight hours in the African desert?
> Eva

I read years ago that in the early times of wild horse catching by
American Indians, a man would just follow the horse. Took some days, but
the horse would be too tired to run.
Energy-dense food (pemmican), which he would have carried, has an
advantage over grass.

William