LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS. 



1. Mont Blanc as seen from Geneva, _ , Frontispiece. 



See description, page 24. 



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2. Clock in tee Cathedral at Strasbourg, . . 15 



3. House of Gutenberg, the Inventor of Printing, 17 



4. Erratic Blocks on the Glacier of the Aar, . 18 



The spot where Agassiz and his companions encamped, 

 for investigation of the Glaciers. 

 From a pTwtograph on glass iy J. Levy et Gie.^ Paris. 



5. Difficult Passage on the Mer de Glace, . _ 44 



From a photograph on glass ly J. Levy et Cie.^ Paris. 



6. Ice Needles op Glacier des Bois, the lower part 



of the Mer de Glace, 47 



Fi'om a photograph on glass hy J. Levy et Cie.^ Paris. 



7. Chamonix and Mont Blanc, from near the foot of 



the Glacier des Bois, 49 



The Arve and the village of Chamonix, with the base 

 of the Montanvert, on the left. Beyond is the Gla- 

 cier des Bossons, descending from the summit of 

 Mont Blanc (not shown). To the right of Mont 

 Blanc is the Dome du Gouter, and next the Aiguille 

 du Gouter. In the valleys beyond the Glacier des 

 Bossons are the Glacier de Tacouuay and the Glacier 

 de la Gria. 



From a photograph hy J. Lhy et Cie., Paris. 



8. General Structure of the Alps, _ ... 54 



From Studer's Geologie der Schiceiz. 



9. View of Mont Blanc from the Brevent, . - 65 



From a photograph hy J. Levy et Cie., Paris. 



