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Palm-trees grow in latitude 37 degrees; an arborescent
grass, very like a bamboo, in 40 degrees; and another closely
allied kind, of great length, but not erect, flourishes even as far
south as 45 degrees south.

ON THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOW-LINE, AND ON THE DESCENT OF THE GLACIERS,
IN SOUTH AMERICA.
For the detailed authorities for the following table, I must
refer to the former edition:--
Height in feet
Latitude of Snow-line Observer
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Equatorial region;
mean result 15,748 Humboldt.
Bolivia, latitude
16 to 18 degrees south 17,000 Pentland.
Central Chile, latitude
33 degrees south 14,500 to 15,000 Gillies and the
Author.
Chiloe, latitude
41 to 43 degrees south 6,000 Officers of the
"Beagle" and the
Author.
Tierra del Fuego
54 degrees south 3,500 - 4,000 King.
An equable climate, evidently due to the large area of sea compared
with the land, seems to extend over the greater part of the
southern hemisphere; and as a consequence, the vegetation partakes
of a semi-tropical character.


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