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of the valley of Chamonix and the cloud- wreathed moun- 

 tains which rise on the other side. Chamonix and the 

 other villages are distinctly seen, as well as the fields, the 

 highways and the rivers Arve and Arveiron. 



CABINS OF THE GRAXDS MTJLETS WITH AIG. DU MIDI IX THE BACK- 

 GROUND (SEEN FROM ABOVE). ASCENT OF MONT BLANC. FROM 



A PHOTOGRAPH BY J. LEVY ET CIE., PARIS. 



To the best of these two cabins we are only too eager 

 to turn in search of rest for our wearied limbs. No 

 charge for shelter, and for meals and rude lodgings no 

 exorbitant demands. The best of these cabins is divided 

 into two apartments, in one of which the ladies of a 

 party enjoy a comfortable seclusion. We are now eight 

 hours from Chamonix eight working hours, and 10,000 



