[Footnote 51: From "The Glaciers of the Alps." Prof. Tyndall made this ascent in 1858. Monte Rosa stands quite near the Matterhorn. Each is reached from Zermatt by the Gorner-Grat.]
[Footnote 52: Another name for the Matterhorn.]
[Footnote 53: My staff was always the handle of an ax an inch or two longer than an ordinary walking-stick.—Author's note.]
[Footnote 54: From "The Glaciers of the Alps.">[
[Footnote 55: That is, after having ascended the mountain to a point some distance beyond the Mer de Glace, to which the party had ascended from Chamouni, Huxley and Tyndall were both engaged in a study of the causes of the movement of glaciers, but Tyndall gave it most attention. One of Tyndall's feats in the Alps was to make the first recorded ascent of the Weisshorn. It is said that "traces of his influence remain in Switzerland to this day.">[
[Footnote 56: A hotel overlooking the Mer de Glace and a headquarters for mountaineers now as then.]
[Footnote 57: Those acquainted with the mountain will at once recognize the grave error here committed. In fact, on starting from the Grands Mulets we had crossed the glacier too far, and throughout were much too close to the Dôme du Goûté.—Author's note.]
[Footnote 58: From "The Playground of Europe." Published by Longmans,
Green & Co.]
[Footnote 59: From "Adventures in the Alps." Published by the George W.
Jacob Co.]
[Footnote 60: From "Unknown Switzerland." Published by James Pott & Co.]