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snow at the Equator ! Nowadays \ve arc more exactly 

 informed about the "genesis" of these great volcanoes 

 Professor Hans Meyer has done much by his wonderful 

 explorations to open up the matter. It is chiefly from his 

 works that we derive our information as to the ^eolo^ical 



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conditions of this district. 



The formation of the district is the outcome of volcanic 



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causes, and my friend Merker justly observes that this 

 is peculiarly remarkable on Kilimanjaro, Mem, and O! 

 Doinyo 1'Eng ai. In the neighbourhood ot the last, which 

 is an active volcano, hill after hill is found between the 

 steep descent of the Mutiek Plateau and the Gilei and 

 Timbati Mountains, each of which has the remains of a 

 crater. The whole scenery is of the kind we are familiar 

 with in photographs of the moon. 



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