ORDER OF THE DESCENT—A FRIGHTFUL AVALANCHE—HADOW SLIPS—DEATH OF CROZ, HADOW, HUDSON, AND LORD F. DOUGLAS—TERROR OF THE TAUGWALDERS—THE BROKEN ROPE—AN APPARITION—AN INFAMOUS PROPOSITION—SURPRISED BY NIGHT—SEARCH FOR AND RECOVERY OF THE BODIES—OFFICIAL EXAMINATION—THE END

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APPENDIX.

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A. THE DEATH OF BENNEN[301]
B. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING UPON THE MATTERHORN[303]
C. NOTE ON THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN FRANCE[304]
D. SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF THE MATTERHORN[304]
E. TABLE OF ATTEMPTS TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN[315]
F. TABLE OF ASCENTS OF THE MATTERHORN[316]
G. GEOLOGY OF THE MATTERHORN, BY SIG. F. GIORDANO[323]
H. PROFESSOR TYNDALL AND THE MATTERHORN[325]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Drawings were made on the Wood by
H. J. Boot, Gustave Doré, C. Johnson, J. Mahoney, J. W. North, P. Skelton, W. G. Smith, C. J. Staniland, and J. Wolf; and were Engraved by J. W. and Edward Whymper.

FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

1.“They saw masses of rocks, boulders and stones, big and little, dart round the corner” [Frontispiece.]
2.Outlines of the Matterhorn from the North-East and from the Summit of the Théodule Pass (to show Ridges, and Points attained on the different attempts to Ascend the Mountain) To face page[44]
3.The Matterhorn, from near the Summit of the Théodule Pass„[46]
4.“The Chimney”„[76]
5.“In attempting to pass the corner I slipped and fell”„[78]
6.A Cannonade on the Matterhorn (1862)„[84]
7.“They scattered in a panic when saluted by the cries Of my excited comrade”„[107]
8.The Crags of the Matterhorn, during the Storm, Midnight, August 10, 1863„[120]
9.The Club-Room of Zermatt in 1864„[202]
10.The Matterhorn from the Riffelberg„227
11.Sections of the Matterhorn„[230]
12.Fog-bow, seen from the Matterhorn on July 14, 1865„[288]
13.The Hut on the Eastern Face (Zermatt side) of the Matterhorn„[309]
14.Geological Section of the Matterhorn„[324]