﻿Fig. 1. — Topographical maplpf Nyasaland. 



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EAST 



AFRICA 



/ inch - approximate ly 85 miles.] 



countries, and to 

 Mr. E. B. Bailey for 

 many valuable sug- 

 gestions and criti- 

 cisms. 



The fossils brought 

 back to England 

 have been presented 

 to the British Mu- 

 seum (Natural His- 

 tory), and have been 

 examined by various 

 specialists. 



II. Topo&eaphy. 



Nyasaland forms 

 a narrow strip of 

 country, some 480 

 miles long, lying 

 directly to the west 

 and in part to the 

 south of Lake Nyasa 

 (fig. 1). The area of 

 this strip is roughly 

 comparable with 

 that of England. 

 The northern border 

 is defined by the 

 Songwe Eiver, across 

 which lies German 

 East Africa ; the 

 western boundary 

 has been drawn 

 along the water - 

 shed separating the 

 Luangwa and direct 

 Zambezi drainage, on 

 the one hand, from 

 that of Lake Nyasa 

 and the Shire River, 

 on the other. To 

 the south, Nyasaland 

 is completely encir- 

 cled by Portuguese 

 territory, and is thus 

 cut off from direct 

 communication with 

 the sea. The country 

 consists for the most 

 part of high table- 

 lands or mountain- 



Q. J. G. S. No. 262. 



