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this observation was taken, he was, as near as he was able to 
estimate, between 300 and 400 feet lower than the culminating 
point of the mountain, which, must, therefore, somewhat exceed 
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Now, although I do not recollect the exact figures which Mr. 
King’s observations in 1871 gave for the height of the peak which 
he then measured as Mount Whitney, and to whose summit Mr. 
Belshaw and I rode the other day in the saddle, I do recollect, 
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ie to the summit with no difficult 
rections the slopes are comparatively smooth and easy. 
e Geological Survey Report 
(Geology, vol. i, pp. 390 and 391), and for which Mr. King’s notes 
Proof, I think, of the fact, that the peak which for three or four 
Whe has borne that name is not the one originally named Mount 
ney: 
what the outline of a 
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Mount Whitney is a ridge having some 
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