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CONTENTS .

ADVOCATES PATIENCE—BIVOUAC ON MONT 8UC—THE FIRST ASCENT OF AIO.DE TRELATETK—THE MORAINE OF THE MI AGE—ON MORAINES IN GENERAL—ERRONEOUS VIEWS RESPECTING THEM—OUR FIRST ATTEMPT TO ASCEND AIG.D’ARGENTIERE—A CONCEALED CAVERN—SUCCESS AT LAST—MR. REILLY’S MAP

Pages 176-192

CHATTER XL

THE FIRST PASSAGE OF THE MOMIXG TASS—ZINAL TO ZERMATT.

SWISS MENDICANTS—NIGHT ON TIIE ARITTETTA ALI*—A PERILOUS PATH—ICE-AVALANCHE—SUMMIT OF THE MOMINO PASS—CROZ DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF—THE CLUH-ROOM OF ZERMATT . . . . . * . 193-203

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CHAPTER XII.

TIIE FIRST ASCENT OF THE GRAND CORNIER.

ON CHOICE OF ROUTES—REGRETS—ZINAL—ASCENT OF THE GRAND CORNIER—EFFECTSOF SUN ANI> FROST—GREAT RIIMJES SUFFER MOST—POINTS OF DIFFERENCE BE-TWEEN ATMOSPHERIC AND GLACIER EROSION—AIIRICOLLA . . 204-214

CHAPTER XIII.

THE ASCENT OF THE DENT BLANCHE.

LESLIE STEPHEN—KENNEDY’S ASCENT—ON BKRGSC11RUND8—UNWELCOME ATTENTIONS—A RACE FOR LIFE—BENIGHTED—A SURPRISE . . . 215-222

CHAPTER XIV.

LOST ON THE COL D’HERENS—SEVENTH ATTEMPT TO ASCENDTHE MATTERHORN—THE FIRST ASCENT OF THE GRANDESJORASSES.

A LATE START AND THE RESULT—BEWILDERED—RETURN TO ABRICOLLA—CROSS COLd’hKRENS TO ZERMATT—ASCEND TIIE THEODULHORN—NEW’ IDEAS REGARDING THEMATTERHORN—DECEITIVENESS OF THE EAST FACE—STRATIFICATION—DIP OF THEBEDS—TRY ANOTHER ROUTE—“SAUVE QUI PEUT ”—BEATEN AGAIN—ASCENT OFTHE GRANDES JORASSES—NARROW ESCAPE FROM AN AVALANCHE . 223-238