...and fall of atmospheric moisture are reciprocally necessary to each other, and even the poets sing of Afric's barren sand, Where nought can grow, because...fall to bless the land, Because nought grows there.* Before stating the evidence on the general question and citing the judgments of the learned upon it,...

...is unknown, as in the strong lines of the poet, quoted by Marsh : "Afrlc's barren sand, Where naught can grow because it raineth not, And where no rain can fall to bless tho land. Because, naught grows there." Huinboldt, while speaking of the effect of removing forests,,...

...as in the strong lines of the poet : " Afflc's barren sand, Where naught can grow because itraineth not, And where no rain can fall to bless the land, . Because naught groweth there." Humboldt, speaking of the effect of removing forests, says: "In felling the...

...lines of the poet, quoted by Marsh : "Afric's barren 6and, Whore nausht can srow because It raincl'u not, And where no rain can fall to bless the land, Because, nausht srows there." Humboldt, while speaking of the effect of removing forests, says: "In felHng the...

...notice ! Many new lands are looked upon in the same light in which the whole of Africa was formerly, " Barren sand, Where nought can grow, because It raineth not ; And where no rain can fall to blesd the laud, BecaiLsc nought grows there." Bat a mere glance at the " Flora of Tropical Africa,"...

...and fall of atmospheric moisture are reciprocally necessary to each other, and even the poets sing of Afric's barren sand, Where nought can grow, because...fall to bless the land, Because nought grows there. * Before going further with the discussion, however, it is well to remark that the comparative rarity...

...products prominently brought to notice ! Formerly the whole of Africa was looked upon in the light of ' ' barren sand Where nought can grow, because it raineth...fall to bless the land, Because nought grows there." But a mere glance, for instance, at the " Flora of Tropical Africa," now publishing, reveals such economic...

...It is remarked by Marsh, that " it has long been a popularly settled belief that vegetation and the condensation and fall of atmospheric moisture are...humidity promoting vegetation, and vegetation not only arresting the desiccation but so reversing the process that an increased humidity is the consequence....

...and fall of atmospheric moisture are reciprocally necessary to each other, and even the poets sing of Afric's barren sand, Where nought can grow, because...fall to bless the land, Because nought grows there. Before stating the evidence on the general question and citing the judgments of the learned upon it,...

...and fall of atmospheric moisture are reciprocally necessary to each other, and even the poets sing of * * •* • Afric's barren sand, Where nought...fall to bless the land, Because nought grows there." Dr. Schacht, Professor at the University of Bonn, says in his well-known work> "Les Arbres":— "The...