ORDER OF THE DESCENT—A FRIGHTFUL AVALANCHE—HADOW SLIPS—DEATH OF CROZ, HADOW, HUDSON, AND LORD F. DOUGLAS—TERROR OF THE TAUGWALDERS—THE BROKEN ROPE—AN APPARITION—AN INFAMOUS PROPOSITION—SURPRISED BY NIGHT—SEARCH FOR AND RECOVERY OF THE BODIES—OFFICIAL EXAMINATION—THE END 284-298 APPENDIX. PAGE *A.* THE DEATH OF BENNEN 301 *B.* STRUCK BY LIGHTNING UPON THE MATTERHORN 303 *C.* NOTE ON THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN FRANCE 304 *D.* SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF THE MATTERHORN 304 *E.* TABLE OF ATTEMPTS TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN 315 *F.* TABLE OF ASCENTS OF THE MATTERHORN 316 *G.* GEOLOGY OF THE MATTERHORN, BY SIG. F. GIORDANO 323 *H.* PROFESSOR TYNDALL AND THE MATTERHORN 325 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. The Drawings were made on the Wood by H. J. BOOT, GUSTAVE DORÉ, C. JOHNSON, J. MAHONEY, J. W. NORTH, P. SKELTON, W. G. SMITH, C. J. STANILAND, and J. WOLF; and were Engraved by J. W. and EDWARD WHYMPER. FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. 1. “THEY SAW MASSES OF ROCKS, BOULDERS AND _Frontispiece._ STONES, BIG AND LITTLE, DART ROUND THE CORNER” 2. OUTLINES OF THE MATTERHORN FROM THE _To face page_ 44 NORTH-EAST AND FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE THÉODULE PASS (TO SHOW RIDGES, AND POINTS ATTAINED ON THE DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS TO ASCEND THE MOUNTAIN) 3. THE MATTERHORN, FROM NEAR THE SUMMIT OF „ 46 THE THÉODULE PASS 4. “THE CHIMNEY” „ 76 5. “IN ATTEMPTING TO PASS THE CORNER I „ 78 SLIPPED AND FELL” 6. A CANNONADE ON THE MATTERHORN (1862) „ 84 7. “THEY SCATTERED IN A PANIC WHEN SALUTED BY „ 107 THE CRIES OF MY EXCITED COMRADE” 8. THE CRAGS OF THE MATTERHORN, DURING THE „ 120 STORM, MIDNIGHT, AUGUST 10, 1863 9. THE CLUB-ROOM OF ZERMATT IN 1864 „ 202 10. THE MATTERHORN FROM THE RIFFELBERG „ 227 11. SECTIONS OF THE MATTERHORN „ 230 12. FOG-BOW, SEEN FROM THE MATTERHORN ON JULY „ 288 14, 1865 13. THE HUT ON THE EASTERN FACE (ZERMATT SIDE) „ 309 OF THE MATTERHORN 14. GEOLOGICAL SECTION OF THE MATTERHORN „ 324 IN THE TEXT.