Scottish geographical magazine . ed, and foundmuch as descril)ed in Mackinders account of their condition nine yearsago. Scenes of extraordinary Alpine beauty were traversed, and Ross,who is an expert photographer, obtained a valuable series of photographs, A VISIT TO MOUNT KENIA. 349 of which those here shown form a small part.^ Koss had charge of thetriangulation for determining the boundaries of the forest, and hetraversed all but a small portion of the Alpine region. A number ofweather observations were made, the chief feature of which was apersistent upper north-east wind at an altitude o
Scottish geographical magazine . ed, and foundmuch as descril)ed in Mackinders account of their condition nine yearsago. Scenes of extraordinary Alpine beauty were traversed, and Ross,who is an expert photographer, obtained a valuable series of photographs, A VISIT TO MOUNT KENIA. 349 of which those here shown form a small part.^ Koss had charge of thetriangulation for determining the boundaries of the forest, and hetraversed all but a small portion of the Alpine region. A number ofweather observations were made, the chief feature of which was apersistent upper north-east wind at an altitude of about 20,000 feet. On Kenia Mountain, between elevations of 7000 to 14,000 feet, theatmosphere was singularly calm and serene. The general air movementwas towards the central snowy peak liy day and off it by night, exactlythe reverse of what one would have expected in the case of a cool dampforest-clad mountain surrounded by dry sun-scorched plains. Below7000 feet elevation and on the plains away from the mountain the ? jr m. Fig. 4. —Seuecio forest on Mt. Kenia, near head of Hausberg valley. south-east Trade wind blew strongly hy day from the south and the northern highlands between 10,000 and 12,000 feet the climatewas curiously mild and equal^le. It was not only pleasant and healthful,but extraordinarily exhilarating. There was no frost, and the little rainthat, fell came mostly at night, while by day the equatorial sun wasalways more or less screened by a thick mantle of cloud. This greatuninhabited plateau, so singularly beautiful, so eminently a white manscountry, suggests itself naturally as the site for the future capital cityof the British possessions in mid-Africa—the Bogota of the Old Europeans could lead active healthy lives and preserve the energyand vigour of their race, as they have for 350 years on the Equatorialhighlands of the Andes. Bogota and Quito are cities of about 100,000 1 It will be found interesting to compare these photograph
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