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been careful of diet, or those who celebrated the 

 climb the evening before it was made, are pretty 

 certain to find out just how mountain-sickness 

 afflicts. Altitude has, I think, but little to do 

 with bringing on so-called mountain-sickness. 

 It is almost identical with sea-sickness, and just 

 as quickly forces the conclusion that life is not 

 worth living! Usually a hot drink, rest, and 

 warmth will cure it in a short time. 



Clarence King in his "Mountaineering in the 

 Sierra Nevada" says concerning the effects of 

 altitude, "All the while I made my instrumental 

 observations the fascination of the view so held 

 me that I felt no surprise at seeing water boiling 

 over our little faggot blaze at a temperature of 

 one hundred and ninety-two degrees F., nor 

 in observing the barometrical column stand at 

 17.99 inches; and it was not till a week or so 

 after that I realized we had felt none of the con- 

 ventional sensations of nausea, headache, and 

 I don't know what all, that people are supposed 

 to suffer at extreme altitudes; but these things 

 go with guides and porters, I believe." 



Altitude commonly stimulates the slow tongue, 



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