TABLE I. 



HEIGHTS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS IN CUMBEELAND 

 AND WESTMORLAND. 



*** .The Publisher having been furnished, by the politeness of Colonel 

 Sir Henry James, with the following table of heights from the records of the 

 Ordnance Survey, has fuU confidence in the perfect accuracy of the admeasure- 

 ments now, for the first time, laid before the public. Much less confidence, 

 however, can be placed in Tables II and UI, as their elements have not been 

 derived from the same sources. 



In relation to Table I, it may be remarked that wMle the highest mountain 

 in Scotland, Ben Nevis, is 4406-3 feet; and Snowdon, the highest mountain in 

 Wales, has an altitude of 3590'1 feet ; Scawfell, the calminating point of our 

 Cumbrian mountains, and the highest summit of England, is only 3229 "6 feet. 



1. Scawfell 



2. „ (Lower Summit) 

 8. Helvellyn 



4. Skiddaw 



5. BowfeU 



6. Great Gable 



?. PiUar 



8. CrossfeU 



9. Fairfield 



10. Saddleback 



11. Grasmere Fell ... 



12. Red Pike 



13. Coniston Old Man 



14. Grisdale Pike ... 



16. Ill Bell 



16. Harrison Pike in Langdale 



17. Calf Hill 



18. Nine Standards... 



19. Carrock Fell 



20. High Pike 



21. Black Combe ... 

 32. Wansfell 



23. Dent Hill 



24. Penrith Beacon... 



25. Lord's Seat 



26. Seilly Bank 



Cumberland... 



Westmorland 

 Cumberland 



Westmorland 

 Cumberland... 



Lancashire ... 

 Cumberland... 

 Westmorland 



Cumberland 

 Yorkshire ... 

 Cumberland 



Westmorland 

 Cumberland... 



3229-6 feet. 



3172-0 



3114-6 



3057-9 



2971-8 



2954-0 



2932-3 



2927-8 



2878-0 



2856-4 



2805-2 



2650-2 



2649-0 



2605-9 



2490-2 



2424-1 



2225-9 



2178-8 



2173-0 



2165-6 



1974-3 



1590-9 



1130-7 



966-0 



715-6 



529-8 



