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and were in high spirits for the glass had gone up 

 half an inch, and not a cloud was to be seen in the 

 sky. Nothing could exceed the bustle of the inn- 

 yard ; everybody had collected to see the start : the 

 men were dividing and portioning the fowls, and 

 bottles of wine, and rugs, and wrappers ; something 

 was constantly being forgotten, and nobody could 

 find whatever was of most importance to them ; and 

 the good - tempered cook another Tairraz kept 

 coming forth from the kitchen with so many ad- 

 ditional viands that I began to wonder when our 

 stores would be completed. The list of articles of 

 food which we took up with us was as follows : 



NOTE No. 1. 



PROVISIONS FOR THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC. 

 HOTEL DE LONDRES, 

 CHAMOUNI, August 12, 1851. 

 Francs. 

 60 bottles of Vin Ordinaire, .... 60 



6 do. Bordeaux, 36 



10 do. St George, .... 30 



15 do. St Jean, 30 



3 do. Cognac, ..... 15 



1 do. Syrup of raspberries, ... 3 

 6 do. Lemonade, .... 6 



2 do. Champagne, . . . .14 



20 Loaves, 30 



10 Small cheeses, ...... 8 



6 Packets of chocolate, ..... 9 

 6 do. sugar, ..... 6 



Carry forward, . . 247 



