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character. In July, 1905, the writer, with the help of Professor 

 J. N. Le Conte and various members of the Sierra Club, meas- 

 ured the mountain, using the same methods, same instruments 

 and same men used in measuring the height of Mount Whitney 

 and Mount Shasta in California. The result of the measure- 

 ment, duly published in an official publication and duly ignored 

 by those writing for popular publications, was 14,394 feet. 

 The exact height within limits of a foot cannot be determined 

 until a line of precise levels can be run, and this will be always 

 difficult owing to the large snow area. A re-determination of 

 the height, by the United States Geological Survey, 1912, is 

 14,363 feet. The true height probably lies between the two 

 values given. 



It is plain, then, that the mountain is not the highest in the 

 United States, exclusive of Alaska. So far as known this 

 honor belongs to Mount Whitney, in California, height 14,502 

 feet. 



Rainier is, however, one of the most beautiful mountains in 

 our country and undoubtedly at one time was fully five hun- 

 dred feet higher than it now is. 



