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WEST AFRICA.

of Teyde. East of the central cone is the peak of Alta Vista (10,900 feet), where

Fig. 30. — Peak of Teyde, Teneriffe - View from the Cañadas of the Guanches.jpg

in 1856 Piazzi Smyth established his observatory far above the clouds that veiled