Re: Last Chance to See

John Taylor [The Banshee] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU)
Tue, 9 Nov 93 15:32:40 +0000

>I just finished readin "Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams and Mark
>Carwardine. (remember the poisonous snake excerpt?)
>It's a real entertaining book, filled with Adams' wit of the Hitchiker
>sort. It's educational too, I learned about several organisms I'd never
>heard of. A good read, even if they don't give attention to plants.

There's a warning in there for African CP hunters - namely the second (?) most
common disease after tooth decay which you catch from standing in bogs. If
you've read the book you'll agree that it sounds unpleasant to say the least...

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