Chapter III: 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.

PAGE 1. POINT OF ALPENSTOCK vii 2. BIRMINGHAM PICK-AXE WITH MOVEABLE HEAD viii 3. RUSSIAN FURNACE viii 4. COOKING TINS ix 5. SNOW SPECTACLES x 6. ARCTIC CAP xi 7. THE COMPLETE DISGUISE xi 8. BEACHY HEAD 1 9. THE DEVIL OF NOTRE DAME 2 10. THE CHURCH IN DIFFICULTIES 5 11. AT THE ST. BERNARD 6 12. THE VILLAGE OF BIONA 7 13. CROSSING MONT CENIS 9 14. “GARIBALDI!” 10 15. A BIT OF THE VILLAGE OF ZERMATT 12 16. BRIANÇON 13 17. MONT PELVOUX FROM ABOVE LA BESSÉE 19 18. THE GRAND PELVOUX DE VAL LOUISE 21 19. BUTTRESSES OF MONT PELVOUX 26 20. PORTRAIT OF THE LATE R. J. S. MACDONALD 29 21. OUTLINE TO SHOW ROUTE UP MONT PELVOUX 31 22. THE BLANKET BAG 38 23. NATURAL PILLAR NEAR MOLINES 40 24. PORTRAIT OF THE LATE J. J. BENNEN 48 25. PORTRAIT OF JEAN-ANTOINE CARREL 51 26. THE COL DU LION: LOOKING TOWARDS THE TÊTE DU LION 53 27. DIAGRAM TO SHOW MANNER OF FASTENING TENT-POLES 62 28. THE AUTHOR’S MOUNTAIN TENT 62 29. CLIMBING CLAW 72 30. ROPE AND RING 73 31. AT BREIL (GIOMEIN) 79 32. THE MATTERHORN FROM BREIL 85 33. “BUT WHAT IS THIS?” 88 34. AN ARCH OF THE AQUEDUCT IN THE VAL TOURNANCHE 92 35. WATER-WORN ROCKS IN THE GORGE BELOW THE GORNER GLACIER 96 36. STRIATIONS PRODUCED BY GLACIER-ACTION 97 37. CHAMOIS IN DIFFICULTIES 102 38. “CARREL LOWERED ME DOWN” 108 39. PORTRAIT OF THE LATE CANON CARREL OF AOSTA 109 40. PORTRAIT OF MONSIEUR FAVRE 121 41. CROSSING THE CHANNEL 123 42. PORTRAIT OF THE LATE MICHEL-AUGUSTE CROZ 125 43. PLAN TO SHOW ROUTE 128 44. THE AIGUILLES D’ARVE, FROM ABOVE THE CHALETS OF RIEU BLANC 130 45. PORTRAIT OF MELCHIOR ANDEREGG 138 46. MAP OF THE BRÈCHE DE LA MEIJE, ETC. 140 47. DIAGRAM TO SHOW ANGLE OF SUMMIT OF MEIJE, ETC. 142 48. THE VALLON DES ETANÇONS 143 49. MAP OF THE CENTRAL DAUPHINÉ ALPS 146 50. THE POINTE DES ECRINS FROM THE COL DU GALIBIER 155 51. OUTLINE TO SHOW ROUTE UP POINTE DES ECRINS 156 52. FRAGMENT FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE POINTE DES ECRINS 159 53. A NIGHT WITH CROZ 164 54. A SNOW COULOIR 169 55. PORTRAITS OF MR. REILLY ON A WET DAY 184 56. OUR CAMP ON MONT SUC 185 57. ICE-AVALANCHE ON THE MOMING PASS 198 58. SUMMIT OF THE MOMING PASS 200 59. FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM CROZ 208 60. PART OF THE SOUTHERN RIDGE OF THE GRAND CORNIER 210 61. PART OF THE NORTHERN RIDGE OF THE GRAND CORNIER 211 62. PORTRAIT OF LESLIE STEPHEN 215 63. THE BERGSCHRUND ON THE DENT BLANCHE 217 64. PORTRAIT OF T. S. KENNEDY 222 65. DIAGRAMS TO SHOW DIP OF STRATA ON THE MATTERHORN 229 66. MY TENT-BEARER—THE HUNCHBACK 234 67. THE GRANDES JORASSES AND THE DOIRE TORRENT 237 68. THE SUMMIT OF THE COL DOLENT 241 69. MY ICE-AXE 243 70. KENNEDY ICE-AXE 244 71. LESLIE STEPHEN ICE-AXE 244 72. CRAMPON 245 73. PORTRAIT OF CHRISTIAN ALMER 248 74. ON THE MER DE GLACE 249 75. WESTERN SIDE OF THE COL DE TALÈFRE 255 76. GLISSADING 257 77. THE WRONG WAY TO USE A ROPE ON GLACIER 263 78. THE RIGHT WAY TO USE A ROPE ON GLACIER 264 79. “CROZ! CROZ!! COME HERE!” 279 80. THE SUMMIT OF THE MATTERHORN IN 1865 281 81. THE ACTUAL SUMMIT OF THE MATTERHORN 284 82. ROPE BROKEN ON THE MATTERHORN 287 83. DIAGRAM OF FOG-BOW 289 84. PORTRAIT OF MONSIEUR ALEX. SEILER 290 85. THE MANILLA ROPE BROKEN ON THE MATTERHORN 292 86. THE “SECOND” ROPE BROKEN ON THE MATTERHORN 293 87. THE ENGLISH CHURCH AT ZERMATT 294 88. THE END 298 89. THE CHAPEL AT THE SCHWARZSEE 310 90. THE SUMMIT OF THE MATTERHORN IN 1874 (NORTHERN END) 311 91. “THE THINGS WHICH TUMBLE ABOUT THE EARS OF UNWARY 325 TRAVELLERS”

MAPS.

_To be placed at the end of the Volume._

1. THE MATTERHORN AND ITS GLACIERS (_in colours_).

2. THE VALLEY OF ZERMATT; AND THE CENTRAL PENNINE ALPS.

The body of the work has been printed by Messrs. WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS;
and the separate Plates have been printed by the AUTHOR.

THE ASCENT OF THE MATTERHORN