THE SAFEST WAY OF COMING DOWN A MOUNTAIN.
“WE GOT OUT OF THE DILIGENCE (AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS OBLIGED TO GO VERY SLOWLY), IN ORDER TO MAKE AN EXCURSION ON FOOT IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE, BEING TOLD THAT WE MIGHT MEET THE CARRIAGE AT A CERTAIN POINT, ABOUT A MILE FURTHER ON. WE SAW MANY MAGNIFICENT VIEWS, AND DID A GREAT DEAL OF WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED ROUGH WALKING; BUT PERHAPS THE THING THAT STRUCK US MOST WAS, THAT ON EMERGING AT THE APPOINTED SPOT FOR REJOINING THE DILIGENCE, WE BEHELD IT A SPECK IN THE DISTANCE, JUST DEPARTING OUT OF SIGHT.” —Extract from Jones’s Journal.
THE SEVEN AGES OF ROBINSON’S BEARD.
WHAT ARE THEY TO DO NOW?
DESCENT OF THE ST. GOTHARD.