TO THE WORLD OF LIFE 



Through the kindness of Professor "Warming I am able to 

 reproduce here a few of his characteristic drawings and photo- 

 graphs, with descriptions furnished by himself. These offer 

 a striking contrast to the photographs of typical Malayan vege- 

 tation at pp. 48 and 50. 



As shewn in the view on p. 69 (Fig. 3) the vegetation cov- 

 ering the hills is w^hat is termed ^^ cam2:)os limpos," consisting 



Fig. 4. — The Campo Cerrado; Lapa Vermelha Rocks to the Right. 



of grasses and herbs with small shrubs, but with few trees 

 scattered in the grass-land. These trees are low, the stems 

 and branches tortnons or twisted. In the valleys where the 

 soil is richer in hnmus and always moist, there is thick forest. 



