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with a certain amount of reserve, and require external confirma- 

 tion before believing them. K, however, both the General's good 

 faith and his telescope are thought above suspicion, the only- 

 fact proved is that a Tcherkess reached the foot of rocks, which 

 looked from below like the top, and was then lost in clouds. 



In default of better evidence we can scarcely be expected to 

 regard Killar as the Jacques Balmat of Elbmz. 



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