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ABOVE THE SNOW LINE

LONDON: PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET

THE BIETSCHHORN. FROM THE PETERSGRAT

ABOVE THE SNOW LINE

MOUNTAINEERING SKETCHES

BETWEEN 1870 AND 1880

BY CLINTON DENT VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ALPINE CLUB

“Celui qui n’a jamais ses heures de folie est moins sage qu’il ne le pense”—La Bruyère

WITH TWO ENGRAVINGS BY EDWARD WHYMPER AND

AN ILLUSTRATION BY PERCY MACQUOID

LONDON

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1885

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THESE SKETCHES OF MOUNTAINEERING I DEDICATE TO T. I. D. IN THE HOPE THAT A BOOK WITHOUT A HEROINE MAY, AT LEAST, ACQUIRE SOME FEMININE INTEREST