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SCRAMBLES "AMONGST * PE ees: 
BY EDWARD 
WHYMPER. 
This Work will contain an account of all the principal Excursions made in the Alps, by the Author, during the years 1860-9 
and will include, amongst others, the first ascent of 
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LIST OF THE “PRINCIPAL, ILLUSTRATIONS. 
1. Beachy Head. 32. On the Top of Grand Tournalin. 63. Portrait of Christian Almer. 
2. The Devil of Notre Dame. *33. The Crags of the Matterhorn in a Storm. 64. Crevasses on the Mer de Glace. 
3. Mules v Men. 34. Crossing the Channel. 65. The Col de Talefre. 
4. A Curé in Difficulties. 35- Portrait of Michael Croz, 66. View of Biona. 
5. At the St. Bernard. 36. The Aguilles d’Arve. 67. Portrait of Monsieur Favre. 
6. ‘To Garibaldi!” 37. A Dauphiné Valley. 68. On the Top of the Matterhorn. 
7. Briangon. 38. Portrait of Melchior Anderegg. 6g. ‘‘I called to Croz.” 
8. Portrait of Macdonald. 39. The Pointe des Ecrins from Col Galibier. zo. The Actual Summit of the Matterhorn. 
*9. Mont Pelvoux from Mont Dauphin. 40. Summit of Pointe des Ecrins, 71. Portrait of Monsieur Seiler. 
1o. The Blanket Bag. *41. Descending the aréte of Pointe des Ecrins. *71. (Frontispiece) ‘‘ When lo! a mighty arch ap- 
ir, A Pinnacle in Valley of St. Veran. 42. Alone with Croz. peared in the sky.” 
12. Mont Pelvoux from La Bessée. 43. Map of Central Dauphiné Alps. *72. Section of the Snow on the Col de Valpelline 
13. In the Val Louise. *44. “ Regnaud Comes Over the Schrund,” (in tints). 
14. The Grand Pelvoux. 45. A “‘Couloir ” 73. Scratched Limestone. 
15. Crossing Mont Cenis (Old Style) 46 Portrait of Reilly on a Wet Day. *74. Rotting Ice. Veins in Iceberg. 
*16. The Zigzags of Mont Cenis Road. 47- Our Camp on Mont Sue *7s5. Natural Pinnacles in the Valley of Durance. 
17. The Fell Railroad. 48. Ice Arch on Glacier de Triolet. 76. The Right Way to use the Rope. 
18. The ‘Centre Rail” on a Curve. 49. Glacier Fall on Moming Pass. 77. Climbing. 
19. Section of ‘‘ Centre Rail.” *so. The Summit of the Moming Pass. 78. Glissading. 
20. *‘ Centre Rail” Break. “sr. The Club-room of Zermatt. 79. The End 
21. Sections, &c., of Mont Cenis Tunnel. *s2. Sections of the Matterhorn. *80. Geological Section of the Matterhorn. 
22. Portrait of Jean-Antoine Carrel. 53- Views of the arétes of Grand Cornier. | &c., &c., &c. 
23. Portrait of J. J. Bennen. 54. Portrait of T. S. Kennedy. | 
24. The Col du Lion (on Matterhorn). *55. A “ Bergschrund.” | > 
*os5. The Matterhorn from Col Theodule 56. Portrait of Leslie Stephen. | MAPS. 
*26. Outlines of Matterhorn to show Routes. 57. Portrait of Luc Meyney with the tent. | The Valley of Valpelline. 
*27. ‘‘The Chimney” on the Matterhorn. *58. The Matterhorn from the East. | The Valley of Zermatt. 
*28. A Cannonade on the Matterhorn. *s9. The Grandes Jorasses. | The Matterhorn and its Glaciers. 
*29. ‘*T Slipped and Fell.” 60. A Cretin of Aosta. | The Chain of Mont Blanc. 
30. Water-worn Gorge. 61. The Bouquetin | General Map of the Western Alps. 
31. “‘ What is it?” *62. Summit of the Col Dolent. | 
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