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Alps by the Col de Lauteret, which is only 6700. Such 

 the entire range of the Bernese Oberland, whose culminating 

 point is 14,100 feet, and whose isthmus is the Grimsel (7200 

 feet); and such the majestic summit ofMischabelhbrner, form- 

 ing a mere outline of Monte Rosa, between the narrow valleys 

 of Saas and Zermatt, which, though almost unseen by tour- 

 ists, are giants of the second class. Dr Thomson, in his 

 lately published and curious work on the Himalaya, justly 

 remarks that the universal notion of parallel and continuous 

 mountain ranges is, to a great extent, a delusion of perspective. 



Ordnance Survey of Scotland. 



We insert for our readers a very valuable table, containing 

 an abstract of replies to the Treasury respecting the scales 

 for the Ordnance Survey, presented to both Houses of Par- 

 liament by command of Her Majesty. In this important table 

 will be found the names of the individuals who approve of the 

 different scales, such as the Lord Advocate of Scotland, Mem- 

 bers of Parliament, Provosts of Cities, Commissioners of Sup- 

 ply, County Gentlemen, Presidents of Societies, Engineers, Di- 

 rectors of Surveys, Land- Agents, &c. &c. We append to the 

 tables a summary of the whole for rural districts and for tow r ns. 



It will be seen from Sir Charles Trevelyan's letter that the 

 undermentioned table was drawn up from a series of docu- 

 ments sent to the Treasury by the different individuals men- 

 tioned in the table. The whole of this correspondence be- 

 tween the Treasury and Ordnance in 1840, and the replies to 

 the Treasury circular, in favour of the six-inch scale and of 

 other scales, has been printed by Government. 



Letter from the Treasury transmitting the foregoing Correspondence. 



" Treasury Chambers, April 16, 1853. 

 " The accompanying correspondence and memoranda de- 

 scribe — first, the grounds upon which it was determined, in 

 1840, to publish the Ordnance map on the scale of six inches 

 to the mile for the country, and five feet to the mile for 

 towns ; and, secondly, the opinions now given on the ques- 



