10 



that's it; 



baskets of provisions for the 

 relief of sufferers. 



The highest mountain in 

 Europe is Mont Blanc, one of 

 the Alpine system, the summit 

 of which is 15,730 (nearly 

 16,000) feet above the level of 

 the sea ; the highest in the Bri- 

 tish Islands is Ben-Macahui, 

 in Aberdeenshire, which rises 

 4,418 (nearly 4,500) feet; the 

 highest in Asia, and in the ivorld, 

 is Dhawala-giri, one of the 

 Himalayan chain, 28,800 (nearly 

 29,000) feet; in Africa, the 

 Kilmandjaro, 20,000 feet ; in 

 North America, the St. Elias, 

 volcanic, 17,860 (nearly 18,000) 

 feet ; in South America, the 

 Aconcangua, volcanic, one of the 

 great Andes system, 23,907 

 (nearly 24,000) feet; in Oceanica, 

 the Mona Koalc, 16,000 feet. 

 The elevation of the highest 

 mountain (28,800 feet) is, there- 

 fore, less than the greatest ascer- 

 tained depth of the sea (46,236), 

 by 17,436 feet, or more than three 

 miles and a-quarter. Across the 

 deep defies, 5, and chasms, 10, of 

 mountains, natural bridges, 11, 



_ v ^ v *L__ are some- 



, times form- 

 jiMilS;,;.. . , ;Sjg! ed, as on 

 kf^^^fe.: ~j the Icononzo, 



ifiill^^fe^E'SH among the 

 Andes. At 

 the moun- 

 tain elevation 

 of 16,000 

 feet at the 

 equator, and 

 at lesser 

 heights in 

 parallels of 

 Northern and 



127. 



latitude towards th 



Southern Oceans, snow lies per- 

 petually upon the mountains, 12. 



128. 



The height at which snow per- 

 manently lies, is the snotv line of 

 the latitude, 13, 13. Clouds, 14, 

 frequently lower about mountains, 



. „. _ _, = ^ 15, which, 



^Bi^^ with the trees 

 growing upon 

 them, attract 

 vapours float- 

 ing in the air; 

 and hence, in 

 mountainous 

 districts, in 

 rainy lati- 

 tudes, there is considerable hu- 

 midity, and mists and drizzling 

 rains are frequent. Heights 



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which do not reach the altitudes 

 of the smaller mountains (from 



