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Helvellyn.

From two observations made the same day at Paterdale.—Day rainy.-The Barometer varied .194 in 5 hours.—The Inn at Paterdale is 24 feet above Ullswater.

The height of Grisdale brow above Ullswater

988

──── of RedTarn

1935

──── of the top of Helvellyn

2686

Saddleback.

Threlkeld, where the first observation was made, is 235 feet above the level of Keswick Lake, which is 228 feet above the sea.

	above Keswick Lake.	above the Sea
The height of Saddleback—the Pummel	2615	2843
the Crupper	2561	2789

Skiddaw.

The Oak Inn at Keswick, where the first observation was made, is 28 feet above the lake, which is 228 feet above the sea.

	above Keswick Lake.	above the Sea
The height of Latrigg	330	558
of Half-way stone	1408	1636
of the summit of Skiddaw	2789	3017

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XIX. Barometrical Measurements.

By SAMUEL WOODS, Esq.

member of the geological society.

[Read 19th November, 1812.]

In the following measurements only one observation was made at the lower station, unless the contrary is stated. They are calculated according to the formula of Sir Henry Englefield.

Branch of the Mendip hills just above and eastward of Cross; the point appears to the eye to be one of the highest in the Mendip range. Height above Cross

670