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m'^ The mountain of Armenic to the weft of the Ourals is 

 fteep on its E. and N. fides, but gentle on the fouthern and 

 weftern, i. Pallas Voy. p. 277. 



1^^ The Altaifchan mountains are fteep on their fouthern 

 and weftern fides, but gentle on the northern and eaftern, 

 Fofter, ibid, and Herman 2d Ural Befchreib. p 390 in the note. 



15*' So alfo are the mountains of Caucafus, 3d Schrift. Berl. 

 Gefelsch. 471. 



16° The mountains of Karnfkatflca are fteep on the eaftern 

 fides, Pallas, i Ad. Petropol. 1777, p. 43- 



17? Th£ Ghauts in the Indian peninfula are fteep on the weftern 



fides. 



iS° The mountains of Syria which run from N. to S. flcirt- 

 ing the Mediterranean, are faid to be fteeper on the weftern fide 

 facing the Mediterranean, 4. La Metherie, p. 380, 



Li America. 



The Cordelieres run from N. to S. their weftern flanks towards 

 the Pacific are fteep, their eaftern defcend gradually. 



In Guiana there is a chain of mountains that run from E. to 



W. their fouthern flanks are fteep, their northern gentle, Voyages 



de Condamine, p. 140. 



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