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on the north fide ; there being only the back 
part of the Lion-mountain, in that quarter, 
that can fliow itfelf, and which is confiderably 
lower ; while the falfe head feems to adhere 
without interruption to a chain of mountains 
which, on the north, becomes united with the 
Table mountain, and, on the Ibuth, extends to 
the point of Africa, where it forms the pro- 
montory. In very hazy weather, indeed, the 
mark I have here pointed out becomes ufelefs ; 
becaufe, the body of the mountains being then, 
involved in fogs, their fummits only w^hich are 
above the vapour can fhow themfelves. But 
in that cafe there is another certain mark of 
diftind:ion. The Lion's-head having on its 
northern fide no other mountain fo high as it- 
felf, its top muft be feen alone in that quarter ; 
whereas the falfe head having, towards the 
north, other fummits equally elevated, thefe 
fummits and that of the falfe head muft be 
feen at the fame time. If the pilot, therefore, 
uncertain which of the two heads he perceives, 
fees to the north of that head , and in the fame 
line, the tops of other mountains, he cannot be 
miftaken ; it is the falfe head which prefents 
itfelf 3 but if he obferves nothing on the 
northern 
