CHAPTER | PAGE |
I. | The Lauwinen-Thor | 1 |
II. | Disaster on the Col du GÉant | 18 |
III. | The Matterhorn—First Assault, with J. J. Bennen as Guide | 27 |
IV. | Thermometric Stations on Mont Blanc | 53 |
V. | A Letter from BÂle | 59 |
| Note on the Sound of Agitated Water | 65 |
VI. | The Urbachthal and Gauli Glacier | 66 |
VII. | The Grimsel and the Æggischhorn | 75 |
| Note on Clouds | 82 |
VIII. | The Bel Alp | 86 |
IX. | The Weisshorn | 91 |
X. | Inspection of the Matterhorn with Bennen | 114 |
XI. | Over the Moro | 125 |
XII. | The Old Weissthor | 130 |
XIII. | Rescue from a Crevasse | 141 |
XIV. | The Matterhorn—Second Assault, in Company with Bennen | 153 |
XV. | From Stein to the Grimsel | 166 |
XVI. | The Oberaarjoch.—Adventure at the Æggischhorn | 174 |
XVII. | Ascent of the Jungfrau | 180 |
XVIII. | Death of Bennen on the Haut de Cry | 192 |
XIX. | Accident on the Piz Morteratsch | 206 |
XX. | Alpine Sculpture | 219 |
XXI. | Search on the Matterhorn: a Project | 252 |
XXII. | The Titlis, Finsteraarschlucht, Petersgrat, and Italian Lakes | 255 |
XXIII. | Ascent of the Eiger and Passage of the Trift | 265 |
XXIV. | The Matterhorn--Third and Last Assault | 271 |
XXV. | Ascent of the Aletschhorn | 295 |
XXVI. | A Day among the SÉracs of the Glacier du GÉant Fourteen Years Ago | 318 |
NOTES ON ICE AND GLACIERS, ETC. |
I. | Observations on the Mer de Glace | 339 |
II. | Structure and Properties of Ice | 360 |
III. | Structure of Glaciers | 367 |
IV. | Helmholtz on Ice and Glaciers | 377 |
V. | Clouds | 405 |
VI. | Killarney | 413 |
VII. | Snowdon in Winter | 421 |
VIII. | Voyage to Algeria to Observe the Eclipse |
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