Pciiks at the Head of ^Nfiibuku A^alley. 



vitreous efflorescences. The wind had ceased, and eveivthing 

 around them was enveloped in mist. The temperature was 

 mild, ahmit 4o° F. They remained four hours on the top, 

 looking anxiously for any opening in the mist in the hope of 

 iratherino- further details of the scene aroimd them. 



Semper Peak. 



Eihvaril Peak. 



MT. Ji.VKKK (TJIK KIYAX.IA ()¥ .J(_)HNsTON) SEEN FROM THE WEST. 



They did not wait in vain. They were able to make out 

 that the watershed ridge proceeded southward from the peak 

 upon which they stood and downwards to a col beyond whicli 

 was another group of mountains,* a short chain of ridges and 

 rocky peaks, with a few glaciers of far less extent than those of 



* Mt. Luigi di Savoia. 

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