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much from m y excursion. Hence the novelty of this day’sexperience may have rendered it impressive: still evennow I think there was an intrinsic grandeur in its phenomenawhich entitles the day to rank with the most remarkablethat I have spent among the Alps. At the Furca, to mygreat regret, the joint ramblings of my friend and myselfended; I parted from him on the mountain side, andwatched him descending, till the gray of evening finallyhid him from my view.

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My subsequent destination was Vienna ; but I wished toassociate with my journey thither a visit to some of theglaciers of the Tyrol. At Landeck , on the 29th of AugustI learned that the nearest glacier was that adjacent to theEebatsch Alp, at the head of the Kaunsertlial; and onthe following morning I was on my way towards this valley.I sought to obtain a guide at Ivaltebrunnen, but failed;and afterwards walked to the little hamlet of Feuchten,where I put up at a very lowly inn. My host, I believe,had never seen an Englishman, but he had heard of such,and remarked to me in his patois with emphasis, “ HieEnglander sind die kiihnste Leute in dieser YVelt.” Throughhis mediation I secured a chamois-hunter, named JohannAuer, to be my guide, and next morning I started with thisman up the valley. The sun, as we ascended, smote theearth and us with great power; high mountains flankedus on either side, while in front of us, closing the view, wasthe mass of the Weisskugel , covered with snow. At three