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Otago Witness, Issue 2209, 2 July 1896, Page 48

TITTLE-TATTLE.

••. • The Rook of Gibraltar is 1470 ft Mgh. . •.• The Holland dykes are from 10ft to 40ft in height. • . - Vesuvius, the famous Italian volcano, is 3932 ft high. *. ♦ The Sea of Galilee is 653 ft below \the Mediterranean. •.• The Dead Sea, in Palestine, is 1316 ft below sea level. • . ' The steeple of the Milan Cathedral to 355f fc in height. ■ . ■ Mount Parnassus, the home of the Muses, is only 3950 ft high. • . • Mount Pindus, famed in Greek history and romance, is 7677 ft high. • . • Mount Carmel, where Elijah slew the prophets of Baal, is 2000 ft high. ' .' The dome of St-. Paul's Is about as many feet high as there are days in the year. • . * There aro extensive districts in Sahara which are below the level of the ocean. * . * Mount Olympus, whose summit Homer made the abode of tho gods, is 9754 ft high. ■ . • The cross on the dome of St. Peter's in Home is 448 ft above the pavement of the portico. • . • The River Jordan makes the greatest descent in the shortest distance of any stream. During its course of 120 miles it has 27 falls and descends 3000 ft. •.• Mount Blano Is 15,776 ft hfgh. Thfg famous mountain is exceeded in height by many, but its position, in the line of tourists.' travel has given it a name above many others. «, • Mount Ararat, 12,700 ft, is the highest land in Armenia. The perpetual snows that lie upon its summits are believed by the dwellers in the valleys beneath to cover the remains of Noah's Ark. • , • Mount Lebanon,' from whose sides* wars cut the cedars for Solomon's Temple, Is balioved to be the highest elevation in Syria* 11,000 ft. • .• The "Roof of the World," the plateau in the Pamirs, of Thibet, is from 10,000ffc to 15,000 ft above sea level.