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Above the sea. Above the sea, 
geste 2200 feet. Chimney Top, sssss006 +++ 4438 feet, 
French Broad river at Asheville, srt “ above Zachary’s, ia “ 
Lower Ford of Pigeon, ...... 2475 “ | Burnsville, ......sseese0s be 
Waynesville, 2799 “ | Top of Black Mountain, ir ay 
Head of Scott's Oreek,. 6000. 3240 “ | Morganton, ......-sccee0s 1081 * 
7 ige Pinas Conade és et $i Fable Rook, 6s 6a woes $584 * 
Gully Whee Gap, ........... 897 “ | Grandfather, 5719 * 
I tue Ridge witha g of Tuckaseige, 3795 « | Roane, oe = 
Col. Zachary’s Cashiers valley, 3324 “ 
It should be remembered that these measurements were also made e pre- 
Vious to the railroad surveys, by which it is now known that. the height 
of Asheville near the court house is 2260 feet. 
or the convenience of future observers we give below, Prof. Guyot’s 
ote amd in 1856, in and around the Black Mountains, the three last 
cep 
the s the sea. 
Jesse Ste SAO ey mets = onion a; Peon at noth 
house, x ena valley,.. in oro feet. and ot the as Aileen 046 capes 
Terminus of dasrtige ¢ road up a etter Mt. House, .... 5248 “ 
Black Mt. to Wm. Patton’s 3944 « Mt . Mitchell, “highest,”..... a - 
Men SS hae 33. A a —_ 661 “ 
Potatoe Top, .......e0.000- 6389 “ |Hairy Be 6597 $ 
Mitchell’s Peak, ............ 6577 « |Junction of Cattail Fork and ogo4 
Mount Gibbes,............. 6586 ELE LOE 
ee... 6401 “ rem court house square, } 5219 « 
<taggns REL 6612 “ | near Penland’s Ho tel, oeeee : 
Cattail WU ter 6595 “ unt Piegah, .4. 05 seises ee % 
Rocky Trail Peak,.......... $4.“ ident Mk esti. Heal ° 
Deer Mountain, ............ 216 “ (Grandfather, measured in 1858, 3897 “ 
Long Ridge Middle Peak |". 953 « 
ag on remarks i in a letter to.us containing his m meoneemien 
wed by us with two of Groen’s standard barometers during the months 
af September and October in 1858. Prof. J. LeConte of Columbia, §.C., 
ved the sta tionary barometer at Waynesville, N.C., for the measure- 
MS 8e of itis op e eived material assistance from Mr. 
4. Lenoir an TM. es Cathey, ymcis our mountain i gti 
Waynesville, ee oe ee a es . yaie teed Lenoir’s Bald Mt. saneeeeere a7) 0 feet 
er a vss. 2750. “ {Mount Hardy 6257 “ 
Jones? sig EE 6196 “ |Mount Lenoir,.........++-- : 
Rees Rais axes 6337 “ \N. Peak of Mt. Lenoir,.. ...- 6309 * 
Cold a atts Be 406 priahlis sckiie <i navee 5008 * 
“Sone, Spiele 6105 “ Mount Cathey,..+-++++ eeeee 4 7 
Pather S@eeteerseasaeves 6063 ” Starling, .. . went 6465 AS 
R Old-Field, Sapien 6116 “ « Emmons, .. zig i 
nag EE “ Creek Balsam, ........ 6087 
Wikae p. teeseeesccsce 6240 “ | Whiteside, .......00.0++0+- 5076 “ 
Vontt's Balsam, 6270 “ Top of Whiteside to. base of 1510“ 
Deva Hargrove, Cees’ tars a ‘eeaves 
“i's Court Ho "*** ah © Mik Madoeel, ......- . 5100 “ 
