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whole mass, from the summit to the water's edge, is generally in 

 full view. I remember having seen a mountain, first from the 

 Beagle Channel, where the whole sweep from the summit to the 

 base was full in view, and then from Ponsonby Sound across sev- 

 eral successive ridges ; and it was curious to observe in the latter 

 case, as each fresh, ridge afforded fresh means of judging of the 

 distance, how the mountain rose in height. 



