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Show AN ACTIVE VOLCANO IN AFRICA. The Discovery Made by Dr. Emin on Hie Last Journey in the Lake Region. There are not many opportunities in Africa Afri-ca for explorers to win fresh laurels, .but in the region which Emin Pasha hurriedly passed through on his recent journey to Albert Nyanza there isundoubtedly a chance to do original work of much interest. in-terest. This region may be called the Sicilly of Africa, and Dr. Stuhl-mann, Stuhl-mann, Emin's comrade, has written 'just enough of it to show that it is worth studying study-ing in detail. Dr. Stuhlman says he hopes some explorer will visit this mountainous country west of Victoria Nyanza and southeast south-east of lake Albert Edward, which Emin was compelled to pass through hurriedly and which no white man has seen before. . "South of the lake," writes Dr. Stuhl-mann, Stuhl-mann, "extend two great plains, one stretching stretch-ing far to the east and the other to the southwest, with a big forest region in between. be-tween. The eastern plain is bordered on the east by the high mountains of Butumbi and Pororo. These mountains are lofty, and there are many of them, but we saw them oulv at a distance. At their southern end is a range of five mountains, stretching In a southwest direction, each of them larger than any of the other summits. They are isolated cones at considerable distances from one another, very jagged, perpendicular and pointed. , The cone which is furtherest east was seen by the Stanley expedition on its march south, and figures on the maps as Mfumbiro, that is to say, 'The Cook.. A glance shows that these mountains are volcanoes, vol-canoes, and, according to the natives, one of them is in frequent eruption. This is the most southern of the brother peaks." Dr. Stuhlmann estimates the height of this volcano at over 23,000 feet. Its eastern slope is almost perpendicular. The natives say that often at night its top is crowned with flames, and a tremendous roar is heard which they liken to the bellowing of a great herd of cattle. All these summits are formed of lava. Dr. Stuhlmann says the region appear to be wonderfully well watered and to be covered with forests. He regards it as one of the most remarkable districts dis-tricts he has seen in Africa, and it probably will not long remain unexplored. |