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THE TRAVELLING FORESTER. 



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The plate is from one of several drawings of a region whose 

 highest peaks vary from 22,500 feet to 25,669 feet in height, by 

 Mr. Graham in the summer of 1881. Accompanied by two Swiss 

 guides, he gained the summits of all those giants, saving Nana Devi, 

 whose altitude was last noted. Breathing was found to be more 

 comfortable at higher elevations on the Himalayas than on the Alps. 



AKOT FROM THE TOP OF DAKRr. 



Mr. Graham says there is no more difScult}' in lireathing at 22,500 

 feet than at 12,500 feet. 



The woodcuts show the physical aspects of the peaks, valleys, 

 streams, and forest clothing of this cloud-land. The highest peak. 

 Mount Everest (29,002), representing Ben Nevis piled six times 

 atop its summit, is 5000 feet above the highest Andes ; and there 

 are besides some eighty peaks over 20,000 feet high. 



