"Gibraltar Falls": Scene-Setting

"Gibraltar Falls."

"Hawks and vultures were always at hover in cloudless heaven." (p. 113) (Scroll down)

Other Predators And Scavengers
sabertooths
hyenas
ground apes, sometimes erect

Prey
zebra-striped ponies
primitive rhinoceros
okapi-like ancestors of giraffes
mastodon
"peculiar elephants" (p.114)

Terrain
steep hills
low mountains
canyons
dry country
shrunken streams
burnt grass

Widely Separated Trees And Shrubs
thorn
mimosa
acacia
pine
aloe
palm
fern
orchid

Smells
hay
scorch
baked dung
warm flesh

Sounds
whistling marmots
booming wind
resounding hoofs
clamoring birds
trumpeting beasts
the beginning of a hundred years of thunder

Other Sensations
dust and heat in the face by day
sudden chill at night
many stars in alien constellations
six foot ant hills

We have had two posts about "Gibraltar Falls" but not yet got to the characters.