THE 



MOUNTAIN 



BY 



R. M. S. JACKSON, M.D., 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OP NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA; 

 MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE; 

 MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; MEMBER OF THE 

 MEDICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA; MEMBER OF THE CORPS OF 

 THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PENNSYLVANIA; CORRESPOND- 

 ING MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND 

 ARTS OF PITTSBURG ; MEMBER OF THE LYCEUM 

 OF JEFFERSON COLLEGE, CANONSBURG, 

 ETC. ETC. ETC. 



"Heaven shortens not the life of man: it is man that does it hy his own crimes. 

 Thou mayest avoid the calamities that come from heaven ; but thou canst never 

 escape those which thou drawest upon thyself hy thy crimes." CONFUCIUS. 



PHILADELPHIA I 



J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. 

 1860. 



