The Hearth

Mapbook page15 - detail showing a rough sketch of the rootearth of Akaisha's mother tree

This is a rough plan of the 'rootearth' of Akaisha's mother tree; one of many in the Grove of the Ochre koppie. The circle at the centre is the trunk from which roots radiate. The outermost circle shows the extent of Akaisha's rootearth. Uphill, between the roots, lie the hollows in which the members of her hearth once slept and which now have found another use...