THE LAND OF FOOTPRINTS 



escarpments which are the true level of the plateau. 

 One can spend two months in this valley, too, and 

 in the countries south to which it leads. And on its 

 farther side are the high plateau plains again, or the 

 forests, or the desert, or the great lakes that lie at 

 the source of the Nile. 



So now, perhaps, we are a little prepared to go 

 ahead. The guide-book work is finished for good 

 and all. There is the steaming hot low coast belt, 

 and the hot dry thorn desert belt, and the varied 

 immense plains, and the high mountain belt of the 

 forests, and again the variegated wide country of 

 the Rift Valley and the high plateau. To attempt 

 to tell you seriatim and in detail just what they are 

 like is the task of an encyclopedist. Perhaps more 

 indirectly you may be able to fill in the picture of 

 the country, the people, and the beasts. 



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