io8 PROFESSOR OWEN CH. IV. 
a drunken man, sinking deeply and often ob- 
liquely in the snow. W e 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 of 
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 Corner 
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.” 
