Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 34
THE RHONE GLA and before we knew what had happened, the bot-tom of the snow-field was reached. The drawbackswere shoes and garments filled with snow, followedthe next day by frosted toes,—in August, too. seen the Furca road, ascending the mountain inlong zig-zags. The Grand Mulets is io,oqo feet… … GRAND MULETS, MONT BLANC. the first days ascent of Mont Blanc. During thesecond day, they reach the summit and return toGrand Mulets, and on the third they descend toChamounix. It was in the vale of Chamounix thatthe English poet, Coleridge, wrote his beautifulHymn before Sunrise, containing these…
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