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A NATURALIST IN MID-AFRICA. 



climate with, so far as I could judge, an average 

 temperature of 50 to 60 degrees. 



It will be noticed (by those who care to do so) 

 that the grass order to which these bamboos be- 

 long is typically one suited to open plateaux and 



CWout 25 ?i?//es 



HEATHER 



6.500 feet 

 5.500 , 



BAMBOOS 



FOREST 



11.000 « 



9,000 •■ 



7.000 , 



5.000 



Fig. 18. — Vegetative Section of Kuwenzori. 



gentle mountain slopes, while the typical forest 

 fills sheltered hollows and ravines, river valleys 

 and steep ascents. 



This brings me to another curious feature of 

 Ruwenzori. The daily cloud does not hang 

 exactly at flic same height across the mountain 



