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vaguely discerned through changing clouds. Snow fell upon 

 us, and the low fog thickened ; there was no temptation 

 to halt. 



Going southward at first, we reached the trough of the 

 glacier, then followed it down and through a mere white 



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DESCENDING PLOUGH GLACIER IX FOG. 



chaos. Vague rocks sometimes dimly appeared. Now and 

 again a curiously formed rock-splinter would be seen through 

 a cloud-gap standing weirdly forth from a ridge. An infinite 

 melancholy reigned. Fancy-engendered sounds sometimes 

 struck the ear, as of a dog barking, a cow lowing, and the 

 like, but falling stones and sighing winds were all that actually 

 stirred the air. Presently we were below the thickest mist 



