. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. FLOEA OF BOENEO. 131 also occasionally occur, as in the year 1877, when the great Sriang lagoon in the Fig. 49.—Navigable Streams aitd Chief Routes of Exploeees in Boeneo. Scale 1 : 12,000, Koute by water or the river banks. Land routes. 180 MUes. Kapuas basin was completely dried up. In the Kutei district Bock traversed forests killed by the heat, and destitute alike of vegetation and animal life. Flora. But these are rare exceptions, and on the whole Borneo may be described as one vast forest, so dense and contiguous that, according to one
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. FLOEA OF BOENEO. 131 also occasionally occur, as in the year 1877, when the great Sriang lagoon in the Fig. 49.—Navigable Streams aitd Chief Routes of Exploeees in Boeneo. Scale 1 : 12,000, Koute by water or the river banks. Land routes. 180 MUes. Kapuas basin was completely dried up. In the Kutei district Bock traversed forests killed by the heat, and destitute alike of vegetation and animal life. Flora. But these are rare exceptions, and on the whole Borneo may be described as one vast forest, so dense and contiguous that, according to one obserA'er, apes might pass from one extremity of the island to another by swinging from branch to branch. The forest growths are interrupted only in some few districts by tracts covered with the herbaceous alang plant. Although differing little from that of the other large islands, the Bornean flora comprises a few peculiar forms, especially trees yielding good timber, gums,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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