Mlanje Mountain
Sin,—With reference to the advertisement of Colonel Van Der Post's book Venture to the Interior appearing in the Spectator of February 8th, under thg heading "3 Epics—I. Of Exploration." I should like to say that twenty-five years ago I made the ascent of the " little- known " Mlanje Mountain with my small son, then aged one year, accompanied by about eight African carriers. The Lichenya Plateau has been a holiday resort for some thirty-five to forty years, and the half-dozen cottages house not only holiday-makers but also Govern- ment Forestry and District Officers, who regularly visit the plateau in the course of their duties. Colonel Van Der Post did not apparently attempt the main peak, which is some 10,000 feet above sea-level and which has been climbed many times, a notable climber being the late Sir Alfred Sharpe, the first Governor of Nyasaland, whose term of office began as long ago as 1897.—Yours faithfully,
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