ASCENT OF MONT BLANC. 



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low this strait, and lie could feel there the pile of snow 

 which descended with the victims, and beneath which they 

 lay entombed. The momentum of their fall had crushed 

 them through the narrows of the crevasse, and their 

 blood had been left upon its walls to record the terrible 

 tale. 



SUMMIT OF MONT BLAXC AS SEEN FROM THE GRAND PLATEAU. 

 ASSENT OF MONT BLANC. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY J. LEVY 

 ET CIE., PARIS. 



Turning to the right from the Corridor, we ascend, by 

 steps cut in the hard snow, the steep which leads to the 

 summit of the Rochers Rouc^es. The last rocks seen are 

 the Petits Mulets. Thence we ascend another acclivity 

 called the Mur de la Cote. This has been also the scene 



