3 I understand that scarcely any nails wore found in the boots of Dr. Moseley, who lost his life recently on the Matterhorn, and this fact sufficiently accounts for the accident. 4 The author of _Travels in Alaska_. 5 The Riffel hotel (the starting-point for the ascent of Monte Rosa), a deservedly popular inn, leased to Monsieur Seiler, the hotel proprietor of Zermatt, is placed at a height of 3100 feet above that village (8400 above the sea), and commands a superb panoramic view. The house has continually grown, and it can now accommodate a large number of persons. In 1879, it was connected by telegraph with the rest of Switzerland. 6 The highest of the Mischabelhörner. 7 The temperature at the St. Bernard in the winter is frequently 40° Fahr. below freezing-point. January is their coldest month. See Dollfus-Ausset’s _Matériaux pour l’étude des Glaciers_, vols. vi. and vii. 8 There was not a pass between Prerayen and Breil. See note to p. 105. 9 This pass is called usually the Va Cornère. It is also known as the Gra Cornère; which is, I believe, patois for Grand Cornier. It is mentioned in the first volume of the second series of _Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers_, and in Chapters V. and XVIII. of this volume. 10 I had been sent to the Val Louise to illustrate this ascent. 11 Since that time a decent house has been built on the summit of this pass. The old vaulted hospice was erected for the benefit of the pilgrims who formerly crossed the pass _en route_ for Rome.—Joanne’s _Itinéraire du Dauphiné_. 12 See the Map in Chap. VIII. 13 The depth of the valleys is so great that the sun not only is not seen for more than a few hours per day during the greatest portion of the year, but in some places—at Villard d’Arène and at Andrieux for example—it is not seen at all for one hundred days.—Lodoucette’s _Hautes-Alpes_, p. 599. 14 Sometimes called the Aiguille du Midi de la Grave, or the Aiguille de la Medje. 15 The maps of the Dauphiné Alps to Ball’s _Guide to the Western Alps_, and to Joanne’s _Itinéraire du Dauphiné_, must be excepted. These maps are, however, on too small a scale for travelling purposes. 16 “Faits pour servir à l’Histoire des Montagnes de l’Oisans,” by Elie de Beaumont, in the _Annales des Mines_. _Norway and its Glaciers; followed by Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphiné._ By J. D. Forbes. The following works also treat more or less of the districts referred to in this chapter:—