LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Group of Climbers,[Frontispiece]
“The New Route,”[Vignette]
A Regiment of Larches advancing on Veteran Pines,[6]
Melchior Anderegg, 1895,[16]
Sketch Map of the Highest Point of the Dauphiné,[20]
Les Ecrins from the Glacier Blanc,[26]
Group of Climbers,[32]
La Meije from the Val des Etançons,[36]
Icebergs stranded on the bed of the Märjelen See,[80]
Old Stone Bridge at Saas Fée,[108]
Foot of an Infant Five Weeks Old, showing the Instep touching the Shin on slight pressure of the Finger,[122]
Foot of an Infant Five Weeks Old, touched with the Finger to show the Angle of the Foot with the Leg and the Prehensile Toes,[124]
Foot of an Infant Five Weeks Old. The Instep is made to touch the Shin by slight pressure of the finger,[126]
Foot of an Infant nearly a Year Old—
First Position,[128]
Second Position,[130]
Guide’s Foot in Climbing Position against the Shoehorn Rock at Zermatt (Alois Kalbermatten),[134]
Do. (Peter Perren),[136]
Guide’s Foot, to show the Angle made by the Foot with the Leg without pressure,[138]
Do., Another Position,[140]
Foot of Experienced Amateur,[143]
Act of Sitting Down, using only One Limb—
First Position,[142]
Second Position,[144]