[68]

i.e. New milk, warm.

[69]

Otherwise graphically called battu.

[70]

I had no means of determining the elevation of the ground. The fact of 12 feet of snow is of no value as a guide to the height. Last winter (1864-5) there was 26 feet of snow on the Jura, at a height of less than 4,000 feet, and the position of some of the larger châlets was only marked by a slight boss on the plane surface.

[71]

In the section of the cave, I have brought out the deeper pit from the side into the middle, so as to show both in one section: I have also slightly shaded the pits, instead of leaving them blank like shafts in the rock.

[72]

I have made arrangements for completing the exploration of this cave, and the one which is next described, in the course of the present summer.