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which has just been accomplished, may he interesting to your rea- 

 ders, I have taken the liberty of sending it to you for insertion in 

 your Journal. I saw (with my telescope) the guides placing the 

 flag on the peak, and have had the account from them this morning. 



I am. Sir, yours, &c. 



W. Lardner, M.D. 

 MoHdatf, Sept. 8, 1828. 



Christian Roth, guide, 



Pierre Burman, chasseur de chamois. 



Christian Burman, chasseur, 



Pierre Roth, chasseur, 



Ulric Widmer^ berger, 



Pierre Moser, chasseur. 



Ildbrand Buregner, chasseur, 

 Ifeft Grindelwald, furnished with ice-pickers, cords, a ladder of 25 

 feet long, and a red flag, with an iron flag-staff nine feet long. They 

 began their ascent on the glacier of Grindelwald, between the Grand 

 Eiger and the Welterberg ; they turned afterwards to the right, and 

 continued their route till the evening : they slept in a large cave 

 formed in the rocks, which perfectly sheltered them ; it is situated 

 at the foot of the Grand Eiger, and towards the south side, it is 73 

 feet long, and 44 wide; at the bottom is another small cave, out of 

 which runs a rivulet. On the 9th, they passed over the summit of 

 Fischerhorn, and descending again by the glacier of Alletsch, they 

 slept the second night behind some rocks which had fallen from the 

 Finisterhorn. Leaving the Finisterhorn on the right, and the Fischer- 

 horn in front of them, on the 10th, turning to the right, they followed 

 the crest which leads to the summit of the Jung Frau toward the 

 Breithorn : there they found two crevices in the ice, which were so 

 large, they were obliged to cross them with their ladder. Higher 

 up they found the ice so sloping, that they were obliged to cut steps 

 in it, which occupied them two hours ; at last, about four o'clock 

 P.M., they arrived at the highest plain, and between four and five, 

 they fixed their flag on the peak, two feet deep in the ice. The 

 evening of the 10th, they returned to sleep at the foot of the Finis- 

 terhorn, and the 11th in the afi;ernoon, they returned safe to Grin- 

 delwald : they did not experience any great inconvenience from the 

 temperature, which Ihey say was even mild ; the respiration was a 

 little difficult. A fortnight before, a similar attempt had been made 

 by the same men accompanied by a gentleman from Berne, and after 

 remaining eight days upon the mountain, were obliged to return 

 without having accomplished their object, chiefly for want of provi- 

 sions ; the cold was then much more intense, and had so much 

 aff*ected the skin of their faces that it was peeling ofFin large patches. 

 In the first ascent their faces were unguarded ; in the second they 

 had a double green crape over them. 



26. On the existence of Active Molecules in Organic and Inorganic 

 bodies. — While Mr. Brown was examining the pollen of various 



