King's " Mountaineering" 



by far the greater number went out 

 altogether. With a tendency to ex- 

 tremes which ' development ' geolo- 

 gists would hesitate to admit, nature 

 passed under the dominion of ice and 

 snow." 



As an example of style of King in 

 quite a distinct direction, we allow 

 ourselves one other short quotation, 

 a description of the effect of the view 

 from the top of Mount Whitney : 



" The day was cloudless and the 

 sky, milder than is common over these 

 extreme heights, warmed to a mellow 

 glow and rested in softening beauty 

 over minaret and dome. Air and 

 light seemed melted together, even 

 the wild rocks springing up all about 

 us wore an aspect of aerial delicacy. 

 Around the wide panorama, half low 

 desert, half rugged granite moun- 

 tains, each detail was observable, but 

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