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57. Mean Annual Rainfall of Australia 174 



58. Savana landscape with nucleus of a settlement . .175 



59. Seasonal Distribution of Rainfall in Australia . . . 176 



60. 61. Mean Temperature of Australia in January and July 



reduced to sea-level 177 



62. Vegetation of Australia 177 



63. A station in the Savana Country, N. Australia . . . 181 



64. Savana landscape in E. Australia 183 



65. Gum-tree or Eucalyptus Forest in Australia . . . 184 



66. Eucalyptus Forest cleared for wheat harvest — S. Australia 186 



67. Savana plain and timbered slopes - E. Australia . . 187 



68. Tree-ferns in a gully, Blue Mountains, S.E. Australia . 190 



69. Kauri Logs and Forest, N. Zealand 192 



70. Pineapple Plantation 194 



71. Physical Features of Africa 196 



72. Mean Annual Rainfall of Africa 197 



73. Seasonal Distribution of Rainfall in Africa . . . 197 



74. Mean Temperature of Africa in January and July reduced 



to sea-level 197 



75. Vegetation of Africa 198 



76. Gorge in Mountains of Algeria (Photo: A. W. W. Brown) 200 



77. Atlas Cedars— Algeria (Photo : A. W. W. Brown) . . 201 



78. Reg Desert— Sinai 206 



79. Semi-desert— Nigeria (Photo : Capt. C. Ffoulkes) . . 209 



80. Open Brush - Nigeria (Photo : Capt. C. Ffoulkes) . . 210 



81. High Savana Brush- Nigeria (Photo: Capt. C. Ffoulkes) 212 



82. In the drier Scrubland of the Egyptian Sudan . . . 215 



83. Floating Blocks of Sudd (Photo: M. S. Thompson) . . 216 



84. The Desert near Rogel (Photo : M. S. Thompson) . .217 



85. Coffee Plantation— British East Africa . . . .218 



86. Somaliland : Characteristic Stony and Thorn Country 



(Photo : Sir H. H. Johnston) 222 



87. Forest Vegetation, River Limbe, Nigeria .... 225 



88. Tropical Forest in the Congo State (Belgian Government) 229 



89. The King of the African Savana, Baobab Tree . . .232 



90. Railway cutting in a Tropical Forest— S.E. Africa . . 233 



91. Settlers in Bush Country, Zambezi 237 



92. The Karroo (Mrs. A. J. Edwards) 243 



93. Silver Trees 245 



