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] |
ALPINE NOTES
An Alpine Letter
1895
Training at Kandersteg—Climbing the south face of the Birrenhorn—The viper’s cast—The larches replacing the pines—The ascent of the Doldenhorn—The Petersgrat—The ascent of the Bietschhorn—An interesting anniversary ascent—Ascent of Monte Rosa by the Lys Pass—Cold feet on the glacier—The Furggen Joch—Accident to a guide—Traverse of the Matterhorn—Naked feet of guides photographed in climbing position—The Traverse of the Charmoz—Farewell to Melchior—Lines to my lantern.
Every one should try to be in good training once a year, and experience has confirmed my opinion that Kandersteg, in the Bernese Oberland, is a good place to train for a climbing holiday. There the expeditions are interesting enough without being too serious. The enervating effect of what is ironically called carriage exercise, which only exercises the carriage, and does nothing for the man inside, must be gradually counteracted by hard work in fine air. Also it must be remembered that as one grows older, training is more difficult, and too often hurried in the process.