190 I estimate its height at 1200 feet. The triangulation of Capt. Mieulet places the summit of the pass 11,624 feet above the sea. This, I think, is rather too high. _ 191 Wanderings among the High Alps_, 1858. 192 Most of his principal exploits are recorded in the publications of the Alpine Club. 193 Engraved, by permission, from a photograph by Mr. E. Edwards. 194 Admirably rendered in the accompanying drawing by Mr. Cyrus Johnson. 195 I heard lately of two well-known mountaineers who, under the influence of sudden alarm, _swallowed their crystals_. I am happy to say that they were able to cough them up again. 196 Hand specimens of the highest rocks of the Aiguille Verte cannot be distinguished from granite. The rock is almost identical in quality with that at the summit of Mont Dolent, and is probably a granitöid gneiss. 197 The summit of the Aiguille Verte was a snowy dome, large enough for a quadrille. I was surprised to see the great height of Les Droites. Captain Mieulet places its summit at 13,222 feet, but I think it must be very slightly lower than the Verte itself. 198 The Chamounix tariff price for the ascent of the Aiguille is now placed at £4 _per guide_. 199 It should be said that we received the most polite apologies for this affair from the chief of the gensdarmes, and an invitation to lodge a complaint against the ring-leaders. We accepted his apologies, and declined his invitation. Needless to add, Michel Croz took no part in the demonstration. 200 Below the second ice-fall the glacier is completely covered up with moraine matter, and if the _left_ bank is followed, one is compelled either to traverse this howling waste or to lose much time upon the tedious and somewhat difficult rocks of Mont Rouge. 201 In glissading an erect position should be maintained, and the point of the alpenstock allowed to trail over the snow. If it is necessary to stop, or to slacken speed, the point is pressed against the slope, as shown in the illustration. 202 Comparison of the Col de Triolet with the Col de Talèfre will show what a great difference in ease there may be between tracks which are nearly identical. For a distance of several miles these routes are scarcely more than half-a-mile apart. Nearly every step of the former is difficult, whilst the latter has no difficulty whatever. The route we adopted over the Col de Talèfre may perhaps be improved. It may be possible to go directly from the head of the Glacier de Triolet to its right bank, and, if so, at least thirty minutes might be saved.