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was cvidi'iit l\' ilistastet'iil to him. lnil a ^ciicial clcciidii 

 was iiiipciidiiiu. <Mi| Aiilouio, wIki I think was hsKhaiil' 

 tlio opposition, in pulilic k(^])t on sa\inL!" iioihinu'. whih' he, 

 aucreth' besouuht ns to stand lirni. The (h'liaic wliich no 

 (Innlit followed thi> incident of lorei^n jiolie\ was |)i'ol)- 

 al)l\' aerinioiiioiis. The Alo'ldc whom I knew hest was 

 a very dio'uiticd and courteous o-entleinan indeed; but 

 though Siuni»r ( i re^'orio's manners were distiiiL:iiishe(k he 

 \\as not loo |)i()U(k on oecasiini. to earn a few (Vanes a da\' 

 by acting as beater. To the practical accomplishinents of 

 a mountaineer, lie added those of a L^-ood vocalist and 

 dancer, arts which were brought into requisition wjienever 

 we had a success to celcbiate. The nali\e costume, con- 

 sisting of a short jacket and velvet knee-breeches, slashed 

 at the side, too-ether with a lono- sash wound round the 

 waist, which i> rrei[iientl\" made use of to lower an 

 inextierieiiced traveder (hiwii a liad pkn-e, enhanced I lie 

 ]iictui'es([ucness of these occasions. 



1 cannot say 1 am enamoured of ibex driviiiL;-. and 

 it" it Were not for the raril\- of the trophw I wouM never 

 have enilured those tortures. Fancy sitting through three 

 sermons on end, of the longest kiiiik on a >toni' which 

 gets lianh-r and -harper e\ci'\' minute, nnih'r 1 he strictest 

 obligation not to nio\-e or go to sleej>. I f on the >hailv 

 side of the xaMew there is a ra>piiig wind, and probably a 

 snowstorm. On the northern Aoyyv j'i-ijukj unch'istates the 

 ease. The solitude and the strange ]iositions in which \n\\ 

 find \ourself have a sironij' ellect on the iniaiiinalion. The 

 laintest sound aciiuires an exau'u'erated sioiiilicaiice, .uhI 

 sets the heart tlirol)bing painfullw I have often fancied 

 I heard shots whuh wcic nexcr lire(l. and the baxinu" "f 



