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ALTITUDES OF MOUNTAINS, &c. 
[The following statement of Altitudes observed by Count 
Streleski, with a view to a general system of Irrigation, was 
communicated by the observer to the Patron of this Society; 
}vho considered the information afforded of such general 
importance to the Settlers, that His Excellency immediately 
forwarded it to the Editor of the Van Diemen's Land 
Chronicle , in which newspaper it has accordingly already 
a Ppeared.— Ed.] 
Altitudes of the most remarkable Mountains, Chains, Lakes, 
Water-courses, and Stations in Van Diemen’s Land, in 
English feet above the Level of the Sea, as computed from 
the observations made, in the course of a Geological Survey, 
on two Gay-Lussac’s Mount Barometers and Dr. Wollaston’s 
Boiling Point of Water Apparatus ; and, finally, with such 
corrections as were found requisite upon a comparison with 
the kindly communicated Barometrical Register of Hobart 
Town Observatory. 
Mountains and Chains• Fppt 
Ben Lomond, its culminant point . 5002 
its N. W. point. 4354 
its S. E. bluff. 4500 
Cradle Mountain, north to Lake St. Clair- 4700 
Dry’s Bluff (Western Tier). 4600 
Barn Bluff (Western Tier). 4590 
Mount Wellington (Flagstaff) .4195 
Chain between Frenchman’s Cap and Lake St. 
Clair . 4078 
Western Tier (range opposite Mr. Groom’s 
Station). 3915 
Ben Nevis. 3910 
Frenchman’s Cap. 3801 
Black Range (Yale of Bel voir) . 3381 
Four Miles’ Rise (River Forth) . 2957 
Gad’s Hill (River Mersey).. • • • 2588 
Table Land (making the base of Ben Nevis).. 2327 
Table Land (watered by the North Esk) .... 2220 
Mount St. Patrick .. • 2277 
Mount Horror.•.... • • 2039 
Mount Cameron . 1839 
Mount Direction . 1288 
Range between Mr. Whittle & Watery Plains 1506 
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