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Norfolk-Ifland, and New-Zeeland, feem to belong to a range of 



mountains branching out from tlie great chain, and running from 



North to Souths If we confider this direction of ifles or fubmarine 

 mountains, it fhould feem they were deligned to give greater foil-* 



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dity and ftrength to the compages of our globe. 



The next circumftance relative to the mountains is their height. 

 The highefl of all the mountains, which we faw in the courfe of 



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this voyage, is, in my opinion. Mount Egmont, on the Northern^ 

 iile of New-Zeeland, whofe fummit was covered with fnow a great 



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way down >, and almofl conflantly capt with clouds;; though at in> 



tervals we faw its top very diilin(flly» 



In France, in about 46° of North latitude, the line of eternal 



fnow is found at the height of about 3280 or 3400 yards above the 



level of the fea. On the Pico de Teyde, on the ifle of TeneriiFe, 



about 28° of North, latitude, the fnow is to be met with 



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height of 4472 yards* Mount Egmont is very nearly in 39° of 



South latitude : but, as we conflantly found, that in. Southern la- 



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titudes the cold is much more intenfe than in the correfponding 

 degrees of the Northern hemifphere, I will fuppofe the climate of 



Mount Egmont equal to that of France, and therefore the line of 



to be at the height of 3280 yards ; and, as the fnow feemed 



to occupy one third of its height, the mountain will be 4920 yards 



high, or 14^260 feet, which is fomewhat lefs than Dr. Heberden 



found; 



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