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DOMESTIC MANNEES OF THE MITSSIANS.

The ascent of tliis tower is said to requirc no ordinarynerve and steadiness of head. For ourselves we must confesssuch games, as the French say, " ne vaulent pas la cliandelle"or, literally speaking, do not pay for the fat they consume;and we must say we have little respect for the "kids" whodelight in clambering up mountains and scaling steeples wherethere is nothing but the power of boasting of the f'eat to rewardthem for the undertaking. Moreover, a glance up at the opensides of the Strasburg steeple, seeming, as it does, to be a

French Feet

Dome of St. Peterat Rome

406

Steeple of the Cathedral at Antwerp

401

Steeple of St. Michael at Hamburg

394

Pyramid of Cephrennes

389

Steeple of the Cathedral at Rouen

380

Do. of Metz ...........

375

Dome of St. Paul at London

338

Dome of Milan

336

Hotel de Ville at Bruxelles

334

Hotel des Invalides at Paris

323

Steeple of St. Denis

317

Belfry of Bruges

267

Cathedral at Rheims

250

Do. at Bäle

230

Pantheon at Paris

243

Westminster Abbey

226

Mast of an East Indiaman

224

Towers of St. Sulpice at Paris

216

Cathedral at York

213

Notre Dame at Paris

203

Monument of London

200

St. Sophie (Constantinople)

178

Leaning Tower of Pisa

173

Colosseum at Bome

117

Are de Triomphe at the Barriere de l'Etoile

135

Column in the Place Vendöme

127

Column at the Barriere du Trone at Paris

100

Ordinary height of a Palm-tree

100

Bell Rock Lighthouse in Scotland

93

Pompey's Column

88

Paris Observatory

75