Introduction 



the spell which they cast on all spectators. Much 

 of the charm and grandeur of these views de- 

 pends on the size of the panorama and cannot be 

 reproduced, but the excellent photographs which 

 Captain Dickinson has taken will go far to give 

 a true impression of these highlands. They are 

 specially interesting because they represent not 

 merely the better-known scenes of the Protec- 

 torate, but also remote parts like the Anglo- 

 German boundary and the Laikipia escarpment, 

 which are only now becoming known and which 

 the author has had exceptional opportunities of 



visiting. 



C. ELIOT. 



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