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step by step, and backwards, and arrived at the Chalets of 

 Aletsch, and by beautiful moonlight, at half-past 11 at night. 

 We may add, that the ascent of the Jungfrau was performed 

 in the year 1812 by two guides, who were accompanied by 

 Messrs Meyer, not by the Meyers themselves. In 1829, two of 

 several Grindelwald peasants reached the top, after having been 

 three days out. These are the only ascents up to this time. 



On Sepulchral Bemains of Ancient Nations dispersed through 

 the North of Europe. 



The following observations, which have just appeared in Dr 

 Pritchard's new work, were occasioned by the publication of 

 a drawing, taken from the cast of a skull in the collection of 

 the Royal College of Surgeons of London. The cast was pre- 

 sented to the College by Professor Eschricht of Copenhagen, 

 together with a learned and interesting memoir on the sepul- 

 chral remains of ancient races in Denmark, and the neighbour- 

 ing countries, published in the " Danske Folkeblad." The 

 cast is that of a cranium discovered in a burrow in the isle of 

 Moen, which appears from Professor Eschricht's account to 

 be a good specimen of a great number of skulls found in simi- 

 lar situations. The memoir which accompanied it gives much 

 curious information on the subject of the sepulchral remains 

 dispersed over the north of Europe. 



''■ The comparison of the remains/' says Dr Pritchard, ^' with the nu- 

 merous relicts of a like description spread through the British Isles^, and 

 with the contents of innumerable tumuli existing in the north of Russia, 

 and particularly along the banks of the great rivers of Siberia, may here- 

 after throw an important light on the ancient history and ethnography of 

 all these regions. Professor Eschricht's memoir communicates some in- 

 teresting facts, which may suggest the topics of future inquir3^ 



"Over many parts of Denmark are scattered earthen mounds, which 

 are termed in the country ' Jettehoie,' or Giant's tombs. They are re- 

 garded as relicts of the olden time. Their vast number proves, says the 

 author, that they were not raised during one age, and history records that 

 the custom of erecting mounds over the dead prevailed in the north of 

 Europe for many centuries previous to the introduction of the Christian 

 religion. That these monuments belonged to different ages is further 



