Chap. XXXIII. WA'NDALA' MOUNTAINS. 
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mount will eventually prove to be a basaltic cone, an 
ancient volcano — a character which seems to be indi- 
cated by the double horn of its summit. Its height 
scarcely exceeds five thousand feet above the sur- 
face of the sea, or less than four thousand feet above 
the plain from which it rises. 
But while my attention was engaged by this 
mountain, on account of its having been so much 
talked of in Europe, another height attracted my notice 
much more, on account of its peculiar shape. This 
was Mount Kamalle, which just became visible behind 
the continuous mountain-chain in the foreground, like 
a columnar pile rising from a steep cone, it likewise 
seemed of a greyish colour. Between this remarkable 
peak and Mount Mindif several cones were descried 
from a greater distance, while west from the latter 
mountain the elevated region seemed to cease. 
The highest elevation of the Wandala range, which 
is called Magar, I estimated at about three thousand 
feet, while the chain in general did not rise more 
than two thousand five hundred feet above the level 
of the sea, or about one thousand five hundred feet 
above the plain. This part of the mountain-chain 
forms the natural stronghold of a pagan king whom 
my Kaniiri companion constantly called " Mai Su- 
giir,"* but whose proper name, or title, seems to be 
"La." 
* Froml'ssege to Sugtir there seem to be two roads, the shortest 
of which is a good day and a halt's march, passing the night in a 
place called Shambela, or Chambela, first going E. then more 
