Fatal Occident, &c. i 1 09 



if the love of life, common to all animals, impelled them to 

 revolt againft this law of nature impofed upon their fpecies. 

 ' As fome time has elapfed fince the above-mentioned fafts 

 occurred, I thought it proper, before I gave you Mr. Sebor's 

 name, as having been a witnefs to them, to confult his re- 

 collection on the fubjeet, and I have pleafure in affiiring you 

 he diftin&ly remembers every circumftance I have recited, 

 and of which I rna.de a memorandum at the time.' It may 

 be woithy of remark, that, as far as my obfervation went, 

 the fwallows totally difappeared on the 34th of Auguft 1798; 

 for, during the remainder of that year, I did not fee one. 



" H. POLLOCK." 



III. Account of a fatal Accident which happened to a Tra- 

 veller en the Glacier of Buet ; with fome Cautions to thofe 

 ivho through Curiofity may vifit the Mountains of Szvi/Jer- 

 land, and particularly the Glaciers, By M. A. PlCTET, 

 Profeffor of Philofophy. 



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1. D'EYMAR, in confequence of a report from two offi- 

 cers of health, refpecting the inconveniences which might 

 arife if Efchen's funeral mould be deferred, gave the necef- 

 fary orders in our prefence for interring the body in a proper 

 and decent manner. For mis purpofe we made choice of a 

 fpot which would necefTarily be feen by every traveller going 

 to Chamouni, and even by thofe who might afcend the gla- 

 cier of Buet by the route of Servoz and Villy, in confequence 

 of the intention expreffed by the praefeel; that a monument 

 ereclcd over the grave of this unfortunate young man, with 

 a fuitable infeription, while it preferved a remembrance of 

 the event, might forewarn travellers of the dangers to which 

 they would be expofed in traverfing the glaciers without taking 

 proper precautions, and without paying to the information 

 of their guides that attention to which it ought to be enti- 

 tled. While preparations were making for the interment, 

 we interrogated C. Deville and his companions with much 



intereft, 



