158 A COLONY IN THE MAKING chap. 



not so good as the Kenia forest and nothing like so 

 easily worked, yet much of it is very valuable. 

 Portions of this forest have been leased to Messrs. 

 Lingham and Grogan, and some 30,000 acres have 

 been alienated partly to Lord Delamere and partly to 

 Mr. Atkinson. The area which belongs to Mr. 

 Atkinson is perhaps the only area of the two million 

 acres of forest land in the Protectorate which has been 

 systematically and properly worked. It is now under- 

 stood to have been sold. The large area leased to 

 Messrs. Grogan and Lingham contains perhaps in one 

 portion the heaviest stock of timber per acre in any 

 part of the country, though it is run hard by part of 

 the Sotik forest, where the cedar is close, straight, and 

 often sound, and also by portions of the Camphor 

 forest on Kenia. Messrs. Lingham and Grant, men 

 of considerable experience, estimated that on the 

 Elgeyo escarpment there were a great many acres 

 which averaged more than 15,000 cubic feet of 

 coniferous timber. 



The total area is made up as follows : — 



Elgeyo forest, stretching towards 



Nandi — Approximate area of 



good forest = 



Sotik to Naivasha, the largest 



of the forests = 



Elgeyo escarpment forest = 



Londiani, Mau,fromMt. Blackett = 

 Ravine, Khamasia (very poor 



forest) = 



Scattered forest in Nandi country = 

 Sotik, Lumbwa forests = 



Mt. Londiani forests = 



