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centre after the surrounding lava had cooled, and thus forming 

 the broad ledge below the summit which is such a noticeable 

 feature when the volcano is vie\ved from the south. At its 

 foot, on the west side, are two parasitic craters, in one of 

 which a pretty crater-lake is situated. 



VisOKE, Kisasa or Bisoko, the third and smallest of the 

 central group, reaches an altitude of 12,450 feet and has a 

 large and well-formed extinct summit crater. On one side 

 there is a small pool which is popularly supposed by the 

 natives to assure a plentiful increase to any cattle drinking 

 there. The name Kisasa has been given to this pool and is 

 now generally used by the inhabitants when referring to the 

 volcano itself. 



Sabinyo — meaning " Five Teeth " in the native language,* 

 and so named from the five spurs that form its serrated crest 

 — is a craterless extinct volcano, elongated in form and, as it 

 reaches an altitude of 11,960 feet, is the second highest of 

 the eastern group. Its formation is said to be similar to 

 that of Mikeno and is not to be considered as the ruins of an 

 ancient crater but standing now as it was originally formed. 

 Together with the last named volcano it is the most ancient 

 in the entire range. 



Mgahinga, 11,253 feet high, is a low, truncated, extinct 

 volcano, symmetrically shaped, with a well formed crater, 

 but otherwise of no great interest. 



MuHAVURA, which may be called a dormant volcano, 

 has an altitude of 13,547 ^^^t above sea level ; it is the third 

 highest of the whole range and also the most easterly. It 



* These meanings attributed to the volcanoes' names are wrong : " Five 

 Teeth " m the local language of this district would be " Amenyo amatano." 

 It is quite possible that some of the volcano names antedate the Bantu occupation 

 of the country. — H. H.J. 



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