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a drunken man, sinking deeply and often ob- 

 liquely in the snow. We had gained the top at a 

 quarter to one, and left it at quarter-past t ; at 

 3 p.m. we had gained the rocks, whence we 

 passed on, the unsnowed glacier revealing its 

 crevasses. At 5 we commenced the precipitous 

 mountain path, all its sheer descents too clearly 

 revealed. At 6.15 we were greeted by cheers 

 from the visitors at the chalet, who had spent the 

 day on a neighbouring height, watching with tele- 

 scopes our progress. I changed, had a glass ol 

 milk with a teaspoonful of rum, and lay down till 

 summoned to the table d'hote, to which I did 

 ample justice. Mr. Hinchliff has descended this 

 morning (23rd) with much inflamed eyes. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Cole next appeared, only showing the 

 effects on the skin of the face. We rest and 

 lounge about to-day, and cross into Italy by the 

 St. Theodule Pass, crossing the great Gorner 

 glacier to-morrow (Friday), the 24th, when we 

 shall be in Italy, and see Monte Rosa from the 

 Val d'Aosta.' 



Early in September i860 Owen returned 

 home, and during the following month, while on a 

 visit to his friend Mr. White Cooper, at Fulmer, he 

 took the opportunity of going over Fulmer Place, 

 the old residence of his family. He gives the 

 following account of his visit in a letter to his sister 

 Catherine : ' On the rising ground, near its [the 

 village's] upper end, stands " Fulmer Place." 



