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APPENDIX. 



The Wengen Alp 



Feet. 



- 6750 1 The Sheideck to Meyiingen 



Feet, 

 6500 



Mountains in Asia. 



The Himmalaya Mountains, in Thibet, are the highest at present known, ex- 

 cept two in Upper Peru, which, according to Mr. Pentland, possess an equal alti- 

 tude. According to Dr. Gerard, in the Valley of Sulei, among the Himmalaya 

 Mountains, there is one village 14,700 feet above the level of the sea. These 

 mountains are pastured by the Thibetian goat. Crops of rye are grown at the 

 elevation of 14,900 feet. 



Himmalaya Mountains, from 



20,000 to 25,000 

 Elbourz, in the chain of the Cau- 

 casus 18,500 



Lebanon 9500 



Mount Sinai - - 5000 to 6000 

 Several Islands in the Indian Ocean 



10,000 to 13,000 



Mountains of Africa. 



The geography of Africa is too little known to afford any correct account of its 

 mountains: those of Abyssinia have been estimated to be equal in height to the 

 Alps, and the chain of Mount Atlas to equal the Pyrenees. 



The Peak of Teneriffe 



- 12,236 feet. 



South America. 



Chimborazo, Quito 



Cotopaxi 



*Illimani 



22,700 

 20,320 

 24,350 



*Sorate - - - 



Antisana, Peru 



Pic d'Orizaba, Mexico - 



- 25,400 



- 20,680 



- 17,368 



Some very lofty mountains rise on the western coast of North Arp,erica; but 

 few of the mountains in the Apalachian chain, or the Alleghany on the eastern 

 side, rise 3000 feet above the level of the sea. 



Highest habitable parts of the Globe. 



The Farm of Antisana, 

 City of Micuipamha 

 City of Cluito - 

 ♦City of Puno 

 *Potosi Town 

 * Mines 



Peru 



13,200 



- 11,850 



- 9520 



- 12,8SG 



- 13,35C 



- 16,080 



*Titiaco Lake 

 *Post-house of a ti - 

 City of Mezico 

 HjDspice of St. Gcthard, 

 Swiss Alps - 



in the 



12,760 

 14,402 

 7400 



6790 



The mountains and towns marked * are situated in a chain of the Andes, in 

 Upper Peru, interior to the great western chain, and distant from the Pacific 350 

 miles or more. The table land between the two chains is covered with crops of 

 maize, barley, and wheat. In this table land is situated the Lake of Titiaca. 



Temperature cf the Thermal Water. s in England, and some other 

 ■parts of Europe. 



Bristol - - - - 





FahrenheiL 

 740 



Matlock - - - - 





66 



Buxton 





82 



Bath - - . . 





and 116 



Vichy (Auvergne) . - , 





120 



Carlsbad (Bohemia) 





165 



Aix la Chapelle (Flanders) - 





143 



Aix les Bains (Savoy) 





117 



Leuk (in the Haut Valais) 



H7°tol26 



Bareges (South of France) - 





l20 



