APPENDIX. 



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Mountains in Scotland. 



Of the height of the mountains in North Britain, I believe there have not hith- 

 erto been any very accurate admeasurements taken. The following are some of 

 the most considerable, with the heights as given by different writers : — 



Feet. 



Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh - - 810 

 Salisbury Craigs - - . 550 

 Hartfell, Dumfries-shire (supposed 

 by Mr. Jameson the highest in the 

 south of Scotland) 2800 or 3304 

 Goatfield, Island of Arran - - 2945 

 Benlomond, Stirlingshire - - 3262 

 Benlawers, Perthshire - - 4051 

 Ben More, Perthshire - - 3870 



Feet. 



Schehallien - - 3281 or 3564 

 The most southern of the Paps of 



Jura ----- 2359 

 Mount Battock, Kincardineshire 3450 

 Cairn gorum - - . - 4050 

 Ben-Nevis, Inverness-shire - 4380 

 Macdui, in the Grampians, is stated, 

 by late admeasurements, to be 60 

 feet higher than Ben-Nevis. 



Highest Mountains in the Pennine Alps. 



Mont Blanc - - - . 15,534 



Mont Cervin, or the Matterhorn 15,105 



Monte Rosa ... - 15,410 



Aiguille de Geant - - - 13,984 



Aiguille d'Argentiere - - 13,370 

 TheBuet - 10,112 

 Dent du Midi - 10,500 



The Finsteraarhorn 



The Jungfrau 



The Schreckhorn - 



Highest Mountains in 



- 14,307 



- 13,185 



- 12,872 



Swiss Alps. 



The Eiger 

 The Monch Eiger - 

 The Wetterhorn - 



N. B. All these mountains are seen from the church-yard at Berne, 



- 12,520 



- 12,900 



- 12,130 



Highest Mountains in other Parts of Europe. 



Northern Pyrenees 

 Mont Perdu, ditto 

 Vigne Male, ditto 

 Le Cylindre, ditto 

 iEtna, Sicily - 



11,160 

 10,950 

 10,945 

 10,880 

 10,590 



Mont M6zin, the Cevennes, in 



France 6700 



Mont d'Or, ditto - - - 6180 



Cantal, ditto - - - , 6150 



Puy de Dome, ditto - - - 4750 



Vesuvius, Naples - - - 3900 



Mount Athos, in Greece - - 6780 



Le Gran Sasso, in the Apennines 8455 

 Mont Velino, ditto - - - 7860 

 Loucyra, in Dauphin6 - - 13,548 



Very few mountains in Europe, north of the Alps, exceed the height of 6000 

 feet. Some of the mountains in the chain that separates Norway from Sweden 

 rather exceed that height. 



Lowest Line of Eternal Snow. 



At the Equator 

 Latitude 20° - 

 450 . 



15,720 

 15,000 

 8200 



In Switzerland 

 Latitude 65° 



- 8000 



- 4800 



Passages of the Alps which lead from Germany^ Switzerland, and France^ 



into Italy. 



Passage of Mont Cervin (only 



practicable on foot) - 11,200 

 OftheFurka - - - - 8300 

 The Grand St. Bernard - - 8150 

 The Col de Ferret - - - 7600 



The Little St. Bernard . - 7200 



Of St. Gothard - - « - 6780 



Of Mont Cenis - - - . 6750 



Of the Simplon - - - 6610 



The Col de Tende - - - 5880 



Port d'Or - 



Port Viel d'Estamb6 



Port de Pinede - 



Passages in the Pyrenees. 



- 9850 



- 8400 



- 8200 



Port de Cavarnie 

 Passage de Tourmalet 



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" 7650 

 - 7130 



