Neither Mr. Mummery, nor Messrs. Baumann and Penhall, descended by the routes which they struck out, and in each case the respective parties descended by the northern or Zermatt route. It is therefore at present impossible to determine the relative difficulty of the various routes up the mountain. Still, I think that the great majority of tourists will, as heretofore, prefer the ordinary Zermatt route, and that comparatively few will patronize the newly-discovered ones. The ascent of the Matterhorn has now taken its place amongst those which are considered fashionable, and many persons get upon it who ought not to be upon a mountain at all. Although much has been done on both sides of it to facilitate the routes, and although they are much easier to traverse than they were in years gone by, it is still quite possible to get into trouble upon them, and to come utterly to grief. Considering how large a number of entirely incompetent persons venture upon the mountain, it is surprising so few meet with accidents; but if the number of accidents continues to increase at its present rate it will, ere long, not be easy to find a place of interment in the English churchyard at Zermatt. *E.* TABLE OF ATTEMPTS MADE TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN PREVIOUS TO THE FIRST ASCENT. No. of Date. Names. Side upon Greatest REMARKS. Attempt. which Height the Attempt attained. was made, and Place arrived at. 1 1858-9. J.-Antoine Breil side 12,650 Several attempts Carrel. “Chimney.” were made before J.-Jacques this height was Carrel attained; the men Victor Carrel. concerned cannot Gab. Maquignaz. remember how many. Abbé Gorret. See p. 46. 1860. 2 July Alfred Zermatt 11,500? Without guides. Parker. side P. 46-7. Charles East face. Parker. Sandbach Parker. 3 August V. Hawkins. Breil side 12,992 Guides—J. J. J. Tyndall. Hawkins got 13,050? Bennen and to foot of J.-Jacques “Great Tower,” Carrel. Pp. 47-9. Tyndall a few feet higher.