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Hood, St. Helen's, Adams, Rainier, Aix, and 

 Baker. Of these the seven first named belong to 

 Oregon, the others to Washington. They rise 

 singly at irregular distances from one another 

 along the main axis of the range or near it, with 

 an elevation of from about eight thousand to 

 fourteen thousand four hundred feet above 

 the level of the sea. From few points in the 

 valleys may more than three or four of them 

 be seen, and of the more distant ones of these 

 only the tops appear. Therefore, speaking 

 generally, each of the lowland landscapes of 

 the State contains only one grand snowy 

 mountain. 



The heights back of Portland command 

 one of the best general views of the forests and 

 also of the most famous of the great moun- 

 tains both of Oregon and Washington. Mount 

 Hood is in full view, with the summits of 

 Mounts Jefferson, St. Helen's, Adams, and 

 Rainier in the distance. The city of Portland 

 is at our feet, covering a large area along both 

 banks of the Willamette, and, with its fine 

 streets, schools, churches, mills, shipping, 

 parks, and gardens, makes a telling picture 

 of busy, aspiring civilization in the midst of 

 the green wilderness in which it is planted. 

 The river is displayed to fine advantage in 

 the foreground of our main view, sweeping 



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