[3] Modern Painters, vol. iv.

[4] Scenery of Scotland.

[5] Modern Painters, vol. iv.

[6] "The Alpine Regions of Switzerland" (Deighton, Bell, & Co.), a most interesting book, especially for travellers.

[7] It has lately been proved that clouds can only form in air which contains dust, and that each little suspended particle of water contains a speck of dust or a tiny germ of some sort for its nucleus.

[8] Pressure also has an important influence, but was omitted above for the sake of simplicity.

[9] Ruskin, "Modern Painters."

[10] The Alpine Regions of Switzerland.

[11] Mountaineering in 1861 (Longman).

[12] Mr. R. S. Watson, in "The Alpine Journal," vol. i., p. 143.