Dr Barry's Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc. 119 



Of those who have reached the summit up to the present time, 

 there appear to have been 1 Savoyard, 2 Swiss, 12 Britons, 

 1 Courlandais, 1 German, 1 Pole, 2 Americans, — in all, 20. 



On the day after my return from the mountain, I visited on 

 foot Montanvert and the Jardin, returning to the Priory in the 

 evening, a distance estimated at 14 leagues, (a tolerable proof 

 of my not having suffered excessively from fatigue). The ob- 

 servations with the barometer* and thermometer at these places, 

 as well as those already mentioned, are given in the following 

 table. 



Eng. Inches. 



Mont Blanc. Summit, Sept. 17. p.m. 2|. Barom. 17,052. attached [ ^^"•"'^ ^' 



^ , (... 16. r.M. 6|. ... 21,233. ... 45°.50 ... 



?7^1^ \ - n. P.M. 64. ... 21,225. ... 44°.37 ... 



Mullet ^ 18. A.M. 6|. ... 21,198. ... 39°.87 ... 



Priory. Chamonix, ... 18. p.m. 5. |^ ^^ g^g _ 710.37 ... 



(After descent from M. Blanc,) j *" ' ' 



Jardin, ... 19. p-m 3. ... 22,034. ... 58°.44 ... 



Montanvert, ... 19- p.m. 8. ... 24,334. ... 61°.25 ... 



Priorv. Chamonix, ... 19. p.m. 11. 1 26 9''3 64''-62 ... 



(.\fter returning from Jardin,) j •" ' ' ' 



I have not yet seen the usual report of the barometrical ob- 

 servations taken at the Great St Bernard and Geneva, for the 



sept heures du soir, et de retour ici aujourdhui a Chamonix h. tro's heures 

 apre's midi, tous sains et sanfs, que pendant leur ascension, its ont continuelle- 

 ment [frequemment] e'te' aper9us et observes par la multitude des vovngeurs 

 qui se trouvaient a Chamonix, et par les habitants de la Commune, meme au 

 moment ou ils arriverenl k la sommitd de cette montagne dont Televation fait 

 temerite ? et la rend remarkable. • • • • * En temoignage de quoi nous lui 

 avons delivre le pre'sent que nous avons signes, avec les six guides de Mr 

 Barry." 



Chamonix, le 18. Ibre, 1834. 



(Signed) Coutlet Josejih. Le Sindic de Chamonix, 



Michel Balmat. (Signed) Couttet. 



Jean Tairraz. Sindic. 



Simon Tournier. 



Francois Despland. 



Pierre Tairraz. 

 • The barometer emjjloyed for these observations was an excellent one, by 

 Gourdon, Geneva ; and it appeared to be in good order. I had borrowed it 

 upon the spot, just before the ascent. Although its graduation was according 

 to the French scale, the observations are here reduced to English inches, for 

 the reader's convenience. The in.strument was suspended at a height to .suit 



