Note 6 — Chapter II · PRELIMINARIES.
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As Chimborazo in South America, 21,414; Ararat, 16,000; Dhawalagiri, in the Himalayas, 28,000 feet above the level of the sea; compared with which what a mole-hill is Vesuvius, only 8,947 feet; or Blue Mountain Peak, 8,600, or even Mont Blanc, that monarch of mountains, which is 15,816 feet above the sea!