The Glaciers of the Alps: Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are relatedTyndall, John
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The Glaciers of the Alps: Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related
Tyndall, John
Alps -- Description and travel; Glaciers -- Alps
"Desireux neanmoins de vous etre utile, notamment en la
circonstance, j'invite aujourd'hui meme M. le Guide Chef a
avoir egard a votre projet, a faire en sa faveur une exception
au reglement ci-devant eu, tant qu'il n'y aura aucun danger
pour votre surete et celle des personnes qui vous
accompagneront, et enfin de se preter dans les limites de ses
moyens et attributions pour l'heureux succes de l'expedition,
dont les consequences et resultats n'interessent pas seulement
la science, mais encore la vallee de Chamounix en particulier.
"Agreez, Monsieur,
"l'assurance de ma consideration tres-distinguee.
"Pour l'Intendant en conge,
"Le Secretaire,
"DELEGLISE."
While waiting for this permission I employed myself in various ways. On
the 2nd of September I ascended the Brevent, from which Mont Blanc is
seen to great advantage. From Chamouni its vast slopes are so
foreshortened that one gets a very imperfect idea of the extent to be
traversed to reach the summit. What, however, struck me most on the
Brevent was the changed relation of the Aiguille du Dru and the Aiguille
Verte. From Montanvert the former appears a most imposing mass, while
the peak of the latter appears rather dwarfed behind it; but from the
Brevent the Aiguille du Dru is a mere pinnacle stuck in the breast of
the grander pyramid of the Aiguille Verte.
[Sidenote: THE "SERACS" REVISITED. 1858.]
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