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Show t M'gheat of American Peaks. ihe highest mountain in America" be changed from Mount St to Mom,t Wrangel, a little to the T of the former neak. Several of mountains have been newly meas-Z meas-Z nt H'Md. once "roughly" es-JMat es-JMat lD.OOOfeet, then "closely" at oa tnWaS bronSht down by triangula-ade triangula-ade t il3'000- An aneroi(1 barometer and a mercurial barometer 11,225. Mount St Elias, esti-, esti-, D'Egelot at 14,673 feet, was plated by Mr. Baker at 13,500. It mTm tbat Mount Wrr-igel risca ta above Copper river, which is 7l?'m fee -bove tho tea level at ' P"it. If this holds good, Mount v W a gooi 2'000 feet Wgner than wner peak in North America, and 'nitsd o19tinction ot being within the tHt? besides. St. Louis Re- |