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A NATURALIST IN MID-AFRICA. 



The following table is an attempt to give the 

 height of the forest, bamboos, and snow, on the 

 more important African mountains : — 







Beginning of 











Beginning of 

 Forest. 



Bamboos 

 (or Teneriffe 



End of do. 



Snow level. 



Highest point. 







pines). 









Teneriffe (Berthelot) 













28° N. Lat. 



Sea level (?) 



6,000 feet 



7,500 feet 



10,000 (?) feet 



12,182 feet 



Ruwenzori (Scott Elliot) 













0° Lat. 



7,400 feet 



8,700 ,, 



10,000 ,, 



15,500 



16,700 „ 



Kenia (Gregory) 













0° 6' S. Lat. 



7,300 ,, 



8,000 „ 



9,800 „ 



15,300 



18,400 „ 



Kilimandjaro (Meyer) 













3° S. Lat. 



6 232 



(?) 



8,856 „ 





19,500 „ 



Mlanje 













16° S. Lat. 



3,500 „ 



3,700* ,, 



(?) 





10,000 „ 



Widdr ington la Whyte i . 



It will, of course, be noticed that the preceding 

 floral divisions are almost exactly those given for 

 climate. The Westerly Wet Flora occupies very 

 nearly the Oil-palm region of the west coast, and 

 the Easterly Wet Flora the Oil or Cocoanut zone 

 on the east coast. 



The Central Ridge and its branch to the Masai 

 highlands contain the remaining climatic regions, 

 viz., Coffee zone, Colony zone, and Cloud belt, 

 but of course in every sub-division these are diffe- 

 rently represented. 



The division of Africa is, in fact, the same, as of 

 course it should be, whether one divides it accord- 

 ing to the meteorology, botany, or economical facts. 

 Materials are, however, non-existent to give satis- 



