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Show Mount -Everest. According to the lntost determination determina-tion of the Indian survey, tho height of Mount Kvorest Is 20,141 foot. It Is tho highest nscertnlucd point on tho mirfiicu of tlia globe. Tho greatest great-est Himalayas present such dllllcul-tles dllllcul-tles thnt climbers havo Ixjcn compelled com-pelled to refrain from attempting to ronch Iholr greatest heights, ns well us from tho fact thut the efforts of altitudes aro not yet fully understood. Tho greatest mountuln heights yot reached uro 21,000 feet, by the duke of tho Abruzzl during his expedition lo tho western Ilnnnlayns, nnd 21,000 feet by Norwegians on ICnbru, ono of tho mountains near Dnrjeollng, |