A MOXTH WITH THE 3IFIR GLACIER. 



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the foot of the mountain exactly east by the compass from 

 the projecting angle of ice in the inlet. The elevation of 

 the base-line was 408 feet above tide — corresponding to that 

 of the ice-front. The distance of this projecting point of 

 ice (marked C on Fig. 24) from the base-line was 8,534 feet, 

 and it remained very nearly stationary during the whole 

 time— showing that the material breaking off from the ice- 



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