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IN the most easterly corner of the British Protectorate of Nyasaland, immediately south of Lake Shirwa (between 35° and 36° E. lat, and a little north of 16° S. lat.), lies the large isolated mountain-mass of Milanji. From the plains which surround it the land rises gradually to a height of about 3000 feet, and for ms the lower spurs of the mountain. Above these outliers the mountain is carried up another 3000 feet in abrupt elevations, only broken in places where the larger streams flow down. This rampart of cliffs borders the upper plateau of Milanji, which is elevated about 6000 feet above the sea-level, and is of considerable extent, though split up into various portions by ravines and precipices. In the centre of the plateau peaks rise to a further height of 3500 feet, thus giving Milanji a total elevation of nearly 10,000 feet above the sea-level.1
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See "Routes and Districts in Southern Nyasaland," by Bertram L. Sclater, R.E., Geograph. Journ., November 1893.
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The New Cypress of Nyasaland. Nature 51, 85–87 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051085b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/051085b0