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muft be put into each fol.e, viz. feven around the fore-part, 

 difpofed at equal diftances, and five around the heel, as near 

 the edge of the fole as poffible without endangering the 

 burfting of the leather. The interval between thefe nails 

 ought to be filled up with common large-headed nails, fo 

 ciofe that their heads may touch each other. 



Shoes of this kind will enfu.c fafety to the traveller in all 

 places of difficulty; the nails will hold on granite as well as 

 .on the grafs, will occafion no inconvenience in the plains, 

 and will laft for a long time. When the fteel heads become 

 worn down, others may be fubftitutcd in their place. The 

 fir ft (hoes of this kind, which I caufed to be made a dozen 

 years ago, and Which I have frequently employed during 

 that period, are (till fit for feryice. 



A flaff, five or fix feet in length, fhod with iron, is alfo 

 ufefu! to thofe who traverfe the glaciers, either for founding 

 the deceitful mow which covers the fiffures, or for walking" 

 with more fafety over the ftippery ice. Staves of this kind, 

 rca\lv p r epared bv the guides, maybe found at Chamouni. 



When .the traveller has to afcend for a confiderable time, 

 it is a bad plan to be defirous of hurrying. By thefe means 

 the traveller becomes heated, and lofes breath, and his pro- 

 grefs is more retarded than he expected. The guide muft. 

 be ordered to walk foremoft; and it will be neceftary to be 

 directed by his fteps, which are meafured, as it were, in ca- 

 .dcr.ee, and to ftop from time to time, but without fitting 

 down, and without halting too long to catch cold. He may 

 afcend in this manner, without flopping, aoo fathoms per- 

 pendicular height, and that is enough. He muft pull off 

 hi* coat when he begins to perfpire, and carry it folded up on 

 hi.-- ih uliler : in this manner the heat produced by the labour 

 of walking may be moderated, and he will find, when he 

 halts, the benefit of an additional covering, without any of 

 its inconveniences. In. regard to drefs, it is of eftential ad- 

 vantage, when a traveller fets out for the glaciers, whatever 

 may be the heat in the plain country below, to take proper 

 precautions to guard againft the cold, which it is not always 

 poffible to foreleg. To the ladies in particular I recommend 

 (his attention. 



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