Kirby, R. S. [Editor]; Kirby, R. S. [Oth.]: Kirby's Wonderful And Eccentric Museum; Or, Magazine Of Remarkable Characters: Including All The Curiosities Of Nature And Art, From The Remotest Period To The Present Time, Drawn from every authentic Source. Illustrated With One Hundred And Twenty-Four Engravings. Chiefly Taken from Rare And Curious Prints Or Original Drawings. Six Volumes (Vol. V.) (London: R.S. Kirby, 1820)

LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAIN'S.

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Feet. |
tide adds one third
of this for the mean
height of the sea.
At Hampton, the
Thames is 13 feet
and one third above
low water mark at
Isleworth.
The Pagoda in Kew-")
gardens, from the > H(jx
ground J
The west end of the 1
Tarpeian rock J
The Palestine hill
The Claudian aque-"4
duct, bottom of the >
Canal J
The Janiculum
The Cross at St.Paul’s, >
from the ground )
The old cross of Saint f
Paul’s, before burnt 3
St. Peter’s, summit of b
the cross, (from the >
ground) 471 J
Arthur’s Seat, from |
Leith pier head S
Lake of Geneva 1230
(Its greatest depth 393)
Filabres, (Spain) 2100
Mount Vesuvius,base
of the cone 3
Nepbin and Croagh 1
Patrick, (Ireland) j 2640

151
166
208
293
340
534
535
803

3411
3454
3461
3472
3568
3723

4887
5141
5280

Feet.
Saddleback, (Cum- t
. . k >3048
berland) J
MountDonard (Ireland) 3168
Halvellyn (Wales) 3224
Ben Lomond (Scotland) 3262
Skiddaw (Cumberland) 3270
Montseratt (Spain) 3300
Chamouny, ground |
floor of the Inn 5
Cross Fell (Cumber- | QQQn
land)
Pendle (Wales)
Table Mount Cape
Schehallion
Ben Gloe
Snowden (Wales)
Ben Muir (Scotland)
Ben Lawers (Scotland) 3858
Pennygant (Yorkshire) 3930
Mount Vesuvius, 4
mouth of the crater > 3938
(Italy) j
Ingleborough (Swit- 7 gyg-r
zerland) ■>
Whernside (Yorkshire) 4050
Ben Fouaish (Scotland) 4200
Ben Nevis (Scotland) 4370
Hog-back mountains
(S. America)
Hecla (Iceland)
Pic Ruivo (Madeira)
Glacieres of India
Summit of Mount 1
Jura (Switzerland) J 6523