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The literature on Ktaaan is not large. There are but few really 
good accounts, principally because it has not been worked up. 
Jackson and Hitchcock our only two state Geologists, visited the: 
mountain, but their reports are meagre. No survey has gver been 
taken of it, so all distances are mere guesses. Its height was 
determined by Dr. 1,1. C. Fernald who carried a barometer to the summit 
in 1874, and found it to be 5215 feet above the sea level. This was 
found by barometre readings on the mountain compared -frith, others in 
Winn. Liy own observations at Ktaaan were principally on the flora, 
and the list of plants given here is all I can vouch for, although 
everything found in this article is as near correct as I have been 
able to ascertain. If I have made any wrong statements it is due 
to ignorance, and I should be o^iy too glad to correct them in a 
future article which I anticipate. I shall be glad to receive infor 
mation from any one regarding Ktaadn. It is not easy to investigate 
this place, as one must go a considerable distance on foot over a 
rough country, carry his provisions and bedding, endure flies and 
mosquitos, take the chance of stormy weather, wade brooks and streams 
climb rocks, scramble over logs, and crauQ. through brush. One can 
only carry foozz! enough to last a few days, hence his stay is usually 
shoft. For this reason our information is meagre. 
I quote from a few writers .'just enough to interest the reader so that 
he may find the whole account and read for himself: 
