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At t\vo o'clock we turned to descend. We had 

 irivatly enjoyed our day on the glacier, as the heat of 

 tin' sun was by no means excessive, and making use of 

 the stvps by which we hud mounted, we descended the 

 ice-full, and regained the Montanvert without further 

 adventure. 1 



To DR. SYMONDS. 



CHAMOUNIX, July 16th. 



1 . . . \ was more than fourteen hours out, and with 



the exception of about an hour, never touched earth, or 



. ! grass, but was most of the time on deep snow. 



is very favourable, not very hot, but Auguste 



and I an- famously burnt ! . . . The effect on me was 



surprising. I did not feel at all very strong or well the 



, but I returned so vigorous and thoroughly 



brae.-d, that I feel to-day quite my old self again. 



' I am quite delighted with my Chamounix visit. At 



first I fancied I took to it coldly, but the old spirit is 



in.\v |iiiie returned. I have come to theCroix de Fle'gere 



eep, and to-morrow Auguste arid I mean to ascend 



some of the heights forming the chain of the Aiguilles 



Ljes, which, as you may recollect, forms the eastern 



part of the Brevent chain. . . .' 



Journal, July 17M. 



'After a thunderstorm in the early morning, the 



MPT cleared siilli'-iently to enable me to start for the 



the Ai-uille de la (ilk-re, one of the chain of 



!-cended gradually through a 



iitiful pa-ture. filled with violet-coloured puiiMes and 



\<[iiisite flo\\ers. It is traditionally stated that 



San lire was in the habit of eating the af<>i, 



V as they are called --and they certainly have 



rfnme, with a taste resembling vanilla. 



the iH.rth-west, \ve came into the conluu- 



up whieh the mud to the Ftegere ascends, and aft. 



the ],,-d ,,f BnOW which filled its 



npp'T 6 LMni'-d the crest "f the ndje a little 



Then, turning >harjly to the ri L dit, we 



