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slopes, with the glaciers descending in long, white arms down 

 the valleys, pouring out turbulent, milky-colored streams 

 from their lower ends, and here and there covered with 

 bowlders and long, dark lines of medial moraines, form a 

 picture which once seen is never forgotten, and the entice- 

 ment of which lures the traveler again and again to revisit 

 the fascinating scene. The exhilaration of a climb over the 



THE DANA GLACIER IN THK HIGH SIERRAS 



pathless ice with the bright summer sun shining upon it, 

 the bracing air, and the ever-changing novelty of the sur- 

 roundings make a summer among the glaciers almost like 

 a visit to a land of enchantment. 



For this reason Switzerland has become the summer 

 playground of Europe and America. There the tourist 

 crop is the best crop that the natives raise, and the scenery 

 is more productive than the soil. 



Norway, with the additional beauty of its fiords, is fast 



