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would burn up wheat. Large quantities, too, are produced 

 in Kenya Colony, while in Southern Rhodesia it is the staple 

 crop. 



Southern Rhodesia, which is considerably larger than the 

 United Kingdom, lies entirely within the tropics, but in the 



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central part of the country, running roughly from west to 

 east, is a large stretch of elevated land (rising in its highest 

 parts to 7,000 feet), which slopes northward to the Zambesi 

 and southwards to the Limpopo. Above 4,000 feet the climate 

 on* these high plateaux is altogether delightful ; the heat in 

 summer is never unbearable, and in the winter day after day 



