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 CHAPTER XI

THE PEAKS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES

Nor, indeed, from the valley itself, but from the mountains which bound it, can be seen the second highest mountain in the world, and a number of peaks of 25,000 feet and over. Kashmir is cradled amidst the very loftiest mountains, and only Nepal can claim still higher peaks.

The Government of India recently published a remarkably interesting scientific treatise on the high peaks and principal mountain ranges of Asia, by Colonel Burrard, R.E., F.R.S., the officiating Surveyor-General of India, and H. H. Hayden, Superintendent in the Geological Survey of India. Both these officers had unique qualifications for the task. Colonel Burrard had for years made a special study of the Himalaya, and Mr. Hayden’ had for a great part of his service been engaged in investigating

. } Afterwards Sir Henry Hayden. He lost his life when climbing in the Alps in 1923,

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