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Mount Edgecombe*, on the small island called Lazarus 

 island, near Sitka, in 57 3' N., whose violent fiery 

 eruption in 1796 I have already spoken of in the 

 present volume (English translation, Note 387). 

 Captain Lisiansky, who ascended it in the early 

 part of the present century, found the volcano not 

 then burning. Its height ( 552 ) according to Ernst 

 Hofmann is 3040 feet, according to Lisiansky 2801 

 feet: there are hot springs near it which break 

 forth from granite like those which are on the route 

 from the Valles de Aragua to Portocabello. 



Mount Fair-weather, Cerro de Buen Tiempo, accord- 

 ing to Malaspina 14,710 feet high( 553 ), in 58 45' N., 

 covered with pumice, was probably still burning in 

 recent times, like Mount Elias. 



Volcano of Cook's Inlet (60 08' K), according to 

 Admiral Wrangel 12,064 feet high; regarded by 

 that distinguished and accomplished navigator, as 

 well as by Vancouver, as an active volcano. ( 554 ) 



Mount Elias, in 60 17' N. and 136 08' W.: accord- 

 ing to manuscripts of Malaspina found by me in 

 the archives of Mexico, 17,851 feet high; accord- 

 ing to the map of Captain Denham, 1853-1856, its 

 height is only 14,968 feet. 



The phenomenon seen by the Arctic voyagers in a 

 recent expedition to the east of the mouth of Mackenzie 

 Kiver (in 69 57' K and 127 W.), and which M'Clure 

 called " the Volcanoes of Franklin Bay," seems to have 

 been of the character either of what are sometimes 

 termed " Earth-fires," or of Salses emitting hot sul- 



