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and tliis forest — verv like that of the Conao in character also extends 



into the iiortliern hiUs of Ankole to altitudes of 6, ()()() and 7,000 feet. 

 This tropical foiest, like patches of a similar nature in Toro and liiyoro, 

 is said to contain chimpanzees, and it is also related— thono-h 1 have no 



A CKATER l.AKK 



proof of the correctness of the statement — that people like the Congo 

 Pygmies lurk in the dense forests of Western Ankole. 



The nortliern part of this district is exactly like Uganda in its 

 combination of grassy hills interspersed with marshes or sluggish rivers 

 choked with vegetation. I^^outh-western Ankole is a mountainous country 



