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forest.  Flowering shrubs or trees few in blossom in March.  Tall cane grass & sword grass cover most of the open country & this becomes dry in March & is burned off by natives to make pasturage.  Rock formation limestone, the creeks cavernous & often disappear.  In places the country [[strikethrough]] is filled [[/strikethrough]] shows large sinks or basins having no outlet into which water drains.  Vertical holes six inches in diameter & 2 or more feet deep going straight down are common in forest & grass country & are doubtless the work of ants.