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RUWEXZORI AND ITS SNOWS 



Kuwenzori exliibits traces of volcanic activity on its outskirts, it is not, 

 as a mountain range, of volcanic origin like Kenya or Kilimanjaro. 



On the eastern side of the mountain, and for aught I know on the western 



147. blacki:ei;i;ik.s ux iuwkx/.oiu " : the kklit C'l' Rri^rs Doccim 1, 32,300 feet 



side likewise, permanent snow lies at the relatively low altitude of 13,000 

 feet. After heavy showers of rain in the lowlands, freshly fallen snow may 

 be seen on the lower heights of Euwenzori at 11,000 and 12,000 feet, but 

 it does not lie very long ; whereas snow lies in patches more or less 



