... come from Chatwin's extensive experience. The notebook section in the middle of the book are Chatwin's own collection of notes from his various travels. "Madame Dieterlen, an old African hand, gave me coffee in her caravan on the edge of the Dogon cliff. I asked her what traces the Bororo Peul - cattle herders of the Sahel - would leave for an archaeologist once they ... had moved off a campsite." Pg. 206 These notes reinforce the notion that the book is autobiographical, coupled with the name dropping provides proof of the ... ...

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