GR translation: lined beyond the thorn fences

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Monte.


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net> wrote:

> Standing in line; fences are made from/grown from thorn bushes because
> wood is rare****
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> *From:* owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Mike Jing
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:54 AM
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> *Subject:* GR translation: lined beyond the thorn fences****
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> P322.17-26   Some of the more rational men of medicine attributed the
> Herero birth decline to a deficiency of Vitamin E in the diet—others to
> poor chances of fertilization given the peculiarly long and narrow uterus
> of the Herero female. But underneath all this reasonable talk, this
> scientific speculating, no white Afrikaner could quite put down the way it
> felt. . . . Something sinister was moving out in the veld: he was beginning
> to look at their faces, especially those of the women, lined beyond the
> thorn fences, and he knew beyond logical proof: there was a tribal mind at
> work out here, and it had chosen to commit suicide. . . . Puzzling.****
>
> What does "lined beyond the thorn fences" mean here?****
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