...the loftiest and grandest character, often rising in ridges of 18,000 to 20,000 feet in height, while the peaks shoot up to 25,000 and even 28,000 feet....The basin which fills in the horse-shoe-shaped space inclosed by these gigantic elevations, though deeply depressed below them, stands at a height above...

...the loftiest and grandest character, often rising in ridges of 18,000 to 20,000 feet in height, while the peaks shoot up to 25,000 and even 28,000 feet. The basin which fills in the horse-shoe shaped space encompassed by these gigantic elevations, though deeply depressed below them,...

...grandest character, often rising in ridges of 18,000 to 20,000 feet in height, while the peaks shoot \ip to 25,000 and even 28,000 feet. The basin which fills in the horse-shoe shaped space encompassed by these gigantic elevations, though deeply depressed below them,...

...the loftiest and grandest character, often rising in ridges of 18,000 to 20,000 feet in height, while the peaks shoot up to 25,000 and even 28,000 feet....The basin which fills in the horse-shoe-shaped space inclosed by these gigantic elevations, though deeply depressed below them, stands at a height above...

...loftiest and grandest character, often rising in ridges of 18,000 and 20,000 feet in height, while the peaks shoot up to 25,000 and even 28,000 feet....them, stands at a height above the sea varying from 6,000 feet at the margin to about 2,000 in the middle, and formed the bed of an ancient sea. From its...