AND THE RUDOLP BASIN 



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have all been destroyed by the rinderpest-. The eland still lingers in this 

 region, but seems to prefer the scattered woodland to the open i)lains. 

 Lions and leopards may both be seen frequently in broad daylight, 

 hanging about these herds of game, though apparently causing no dismay 

 to the browsing antelopes. 



21. CUTTIX(; UP GAME, GWAS ^(ilSHU PLATEAU 



Still continuing our journey southwards, in tin's puiview we shall, as 

 we ascend the sloping plateau, arri\e at altitudes of 8,000, 9,000, and 

 10,000 feet, where thick forests of conifers and trees characteristic of 

 ►South Africa and of Abyssinia prevail. Above this region dense brakes 

 of bamboo crown all lofty elevations from D.OOO to 11,000 feet. In 

 swampy spots at these great altitudes may be observed growing lobelias 



