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AT THE FOOT OF MINGSHA MOUNTAIN IN DUNHUANG, CHINA, THE CRESCENT SPRING SPANS 200 M LONG AND 50 M WIDE. DESPITE ITS DESERT SURROUNDINGS, THE WATER IS CLEAR AND SWEET, REACHING A DEPTH OF 5 M AT ITS DEEPEST POINT. WHEN VIEWED FROM AFAR, THE SPRING RES
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Put Your Nose In A Book
BY MARY KINGSLEY Createspace, R552 on takealot.com Mary Henrietta Kingsley was no ordinary woman. Born in London in 1862, at the age of 30 she shrugged off convention and set sail for West Africa to study African religion and law. She travelled throu