THE ASCEÍíT OP IZTACCIHUATL FROJI THE SOUTH 75 



to the barranca of Maculexcatl. Tlien follows a kar witli only one 

 snow field and then comes the great western glacier of Iztaccihuatl, 

 Ayoloco, wich reaches from the knees to the breast of the "Woman 

 in White." It is itself divided into different parts. My walk over the 

 snow fields was not disturbed by any fissures in the underlying ¡ce. 



On the Pico del Mediodía (Bose and Ordóñez) I had lunch at a 

 littJe pond of molten snow under a mass of stratified volcanic mate- 

 rial. As soon as the sun tiirned to the back of the rocks, the water 

 froze. I reached the highest point of Iztaccihuatl at 2 o'clock in the 

 afternoon. This was a very late hour for the snow had become soft 

 and every step forward was a rnountain trip in itself. 



I made therefore no further atiempt to pass over to the " Cabeza," as 

 Dr. Waitz, my collegue in the Geológica! Institute of México, had done 

 in the opposite direction; going down to the knees and back to a big 

 cave, wh ere he had halted before. Afler having reached one of the 

 highest points of Iztaccihuatl, — there are three tops very cióse together 

 of the same elevation, — I slid dow on the snow to the moraines of 

 the wertern glacier without any danger from fissures in the ice under- 

 neath, which did not exist in this direction. My way down from Iztac- 

 cihuatl brought me at sunset to a liltle rancho which was deserted by 

 its owners. I was glad to be able to kindle a fire after so much snow 

 and chill. 



At noon of the 2nd. I arrived at Popo Park; rather contented with 

 the beauíies of the "Woman in White." 



Before I finish these lines I will mention the brave traverse of Iztac- 

 cihuatl by Fráulein Dorenberg from Puebla. She started along Gapt. 

 Holts account with three gentlemen and two guides from Puebla 

 reached the top of Iztaccihuatl, went over to the western side, crossing 

 the ridge at right angles, and reached Amecameca after much toil from 

 unsufficient knowledge of her guides. 



Tübingen, 1910. 



