A climber in New Zealand

Hyphenation has been standardised.
Note: The name Mattias (under Zurbriggen) in the index, is not mentioned anywhere in the project except in the index as follows: Mattias, 18, 22, 53, 160, 295.
Zurbriggen’s christian name was Mattias.

“The superiority of the mountains to the lowlands is as immeasurable as the richness of a painted window matched with a white one, or the wealth of a museum compared with that of a small furnished chamber.”
Ruskin.
“The king of day lingers lovingly about his white throne in the Southern Alps, and from there he burns his brilliant fires in the heavens above and along the level world below.”
Rutherford Waddell.
Mount Cook.
A CLIMBER
NEW ZEALAND
MALCOLM ROSS, A.C., F.R.G.S.