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C4rrAia SnERwrLL's VISIT 20


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Itiday, ,3igtsS' IS, 1925.


We now took rather all obliqtc direction,
winding round very steep aseen, 1t the foot OF
the Rochcis Rouges. We found tliis part very
steep; and by ziglag movement we lett this
bare granite rock on our left hand, and arrived AT
a small plain which conducts to the Petits Alt-
lets, which are two rtl.ree uncovered peaks al
SO Of granite We did not reach Les Petts Mu
lets until half past ore o'clock. We sat down
ten minutes to recruit our strength, and drink a
glass Of wine to all our friends beiowi the guides
threw oil their knapsacks, and shaking each O.
ther cordially by the hand, seemed to forget all
their fatigues.


llnust acknowledge to you that looked at the
magnificent summit Of Mont Blanc, from this
point almost without consciousness. The strength
and force which we possess, when quietly walk.
ing through the beautiful valleys Of Switzerland
or Savoy, are we'll nigh exhausted when We ar
rive at the top of their stnpendous mountains. :
The mind becomes worn down by tatiguc,as we'll
as by the changes the mind must necessarily un-
derro in passing through these different atmos-
phcres; and its powers are eneTvated almost 10
annihilation. However, though weary and tee
feeble enough. we had no thought OF abandoning
our object. Dr. Clark and two guides led the
way; Coutet and Pierre Simon assisted met
their aid here is very essential for this last ascent
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slipping; ard at the same time 50 steep, that the
surface appears sometimes nearly cl Sc to your
face.


The wind, as we continued to ascend, was bit
terly cold. We had tied some extra hand'Ser-
chiefs over our ears and chin, and Coutet button
ed up closely his Alpine jacket, saying to me
two or three times, by way of consolation, mo
us scrons tout Fheurc." My other guide,
Simon. had never been up; and though his
strength and spirits had not failed him, he com
planned, and suffered good deal from pain il
his eyes. Within short distance from Les Pc
tits Mulct4, forgot to mention to you, that We
saw very near to us, two birds, which the guides
called ssCorneilles.' They were, think, what
Button calls lie choquard des Alpes; and Lin
nnus Corvus Pyrhocorax. They inhahit tht
highest Alps, ever amidst the eternal SHOWS, ahe
scarcely are seen on the mountains of the Jura
They feed on berries and wild trult, ane
such insects as are found near the edge OF the
snow:
| At two or three minutes after three O'Clock
we arrived at the utmost summit, the object OF al
our tolls, and Coutet called out "Nous Volci al
SONNET du Mont Blanc!" stood motonles
for some time to take generalview ofthls strang'
wild world Of mountains, and could scarcel,
believe where was! eproceedcd on toward
the centre, and Immediately fixed three poles u