CONTENTS.

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I.The Lauwinen-Thor[1]
II.Disaster on the Col du Géant[18]
III.The Matterhorn—First Assault, with J. J. Bennen as Guide[27]
IV.Thermometric Stations on Mont Blanc[53]
V.A Letter from Bâle[59]
Note on the Sound of Agitated Water[65]
VI.The Urbachthal and Gauli Glacier[66]
VII.The Grimsel and the Æggischhorn[75]
Note on Clouds[82]
VIII.The Bel Alp[86]
IX.The Weisshorn[91]
X.Inspection of the Matterhorn with Bennen[114]
XI.Over the Moro[125]
XII.The Old Weissthor[130]
XIII.Rescue from a Crevasse[141]
XIV.The Matterhorn—Second Assault, in Company with Bennen[153]
XV.From Stein to the Grimsel[166]
XVI.The Oberaarjoch.—Adventure at the Æggischhorn[174]
XVII.Ascent of the Jungfrau[180]
XVIII.Death of Bennen on the Haut de Cry[192]
XIX.Accident on the Piz Morteratsch[206]
XX.Alpine Sculpture[219]
XXI.Search on the Matterhorn: a Project[252]
XXII.The Titlis, Finsteraarschlucht, Petersgrat, and Italian Lakes[255]
XXIII.Ascent of the Eiger and Passage of the Trift[265]
XXIV.The Matterhorn--Third and Last Assault[271]
XXV.Ascent of the Aletschhorn[295]
XXVI.A Day among the Séracs of the Glacier du Géant Fourteen Years Ago[318]
NOTES ON ICE AND GLACIERS, ETC.
I.Observations on the Mer de Glace[339]
II.Structure and Properties of Ice[360]
III.Structure of Glaciers[367]
IV.Helmholtz on Ice and Glaciers[377]
V.Clouds[405]
VI.Killarney[413]
VII.Snowdon in Winter[421]
VIII.Voyage to Algeria to Observe the Eclipse[429]