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is apt to give false impressions. It is essential to attend to 

 such points where scenery of real interest and importance is 

 to be described. It is customary to speak of peaks as tower- 

 ing into the air, which yet subtend an angle of very few de- 

 grees ; of almost precipitous ascents, which, when measured, 

 are found to be slopes of 18° or 20° ; and of chffs as steep 

 and stupendous, which are inclined at a very moderate 

 angle. 



