IN THE ABERDARES 



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that here is a region which although situated right on 

 the Equator is sufficiently cold to make it necessary to 

 have a fire every night. Above the bamboo regions are 

 open moorlands and towering over all is the snow- 

 capped mountain of Kenya. There is no reason what- 

 ever why these vast bamboo forests should not be eco- 

 nomically exploited. So long as they are untouched the 

 natural decay keeps pace with the growth except on 

 the outskirts in the lower regions where this giant grass 

 is gradually suppressing the more valuable virgin forest. 



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