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maxima of the elevation is only from 1300 to 

 1400 toises, are placed on the side of a Cordil- 

 lera of which the mean height exceeds 1800 

 toises., while the secondary system of the moun- 

 tains of Europe rises to maxima of elevation of 

 1500 to 1800 toises, near a principal chain of 

 1 200 toises at least of mean height, 



MAXIMA OF THE LINE OF ELEVATION IN THE 

 SAME PARALLELS. 



Andes of Chili and Upper Peru. 

 Knots of mountains of 

 Porco and Cuzco, 2500 

 toises. 



Andes of Popayan and Cundi- 

 namarca. Chain of Gua- 

 cas, Quindiu, and Antio- 

 quia. More than 2800 t. 



Insulated groupe of the snowy 

 mountains of Santa Martha, 

 It is believed to be 3000 

 toises high. 



Volcanic Andes of Guatimala, 

 and primitive Andes of Oax- 

 aca, from 1700 to 1800 t. 



Andes of New Mexico and 

 Upper Louisiana (Rocky 

 Mountains), and further 

 west Maritime Alps of New 

 Albion, 1600 to 1900 t. 



Groupe of the Mountains of 

 Brazil, a little lower than 

 the Cevennes, 900 to 100O 

 toises. 



Groupe of the Mountains of 

 Parime, little lower than 

 the Carpathes, 1300 t. 



Chain of the shore of Vene- 

 zuela, 80 t. lower than the 

 Scandinavian Alps, 1350 

 toises. 



Groupe of the West Indies, 

 170 toises higher than the 

 mountains of Auvergne, 

 1140 t. 



Chains of the Alleghanies, of 

 160 t. higher than the 

 chains of Jura and the 

 gates of Malabar, 1040 t, 



