GLOSSARY.

Alp A summer pasture.

Arête The crest of a ridge. Sometimes spoken of as a knife-edge, if very narrow.

Bergschrund A crevasse forming between the snow still clinging to the face of a peak, and that which has broken away from it.

Col A pass between two peaks.

Couloir A gully filled with snow or stones.

Grat The same as arête.

Joch The same as col.

Kamm The same as arête.

Moraine See chapter on glaciers, page 7.

Moulin See chapter on glaciers, page 7.

Névé See chapter on glaciers, page 7.

Pitz An Engadine name for a peak.

Schrund A crevasse.

Sérac A cube of ice, formed by intersecting crevasses where a glacier is very steep. Called thus after a sort of Chamonix cheese, which it is said to resemble.

A

Albula Pass, 20

Aletsch glacier, 12, 142

Almer, Christian, 29, 50, 51, 71, 126, 134

Almer, Ulrich, 42

Altels, Ice-avalanche of the, 78

Anderegg, Jacob, 162

Anderegg, Melchior, 24, 50, 113, 162

d'Angeville, Mademoiselle, 204

Ardon, 59

Arkwright, Henry, 98

Aufdemblatten, Peter, 269

Avalanches, different kinds of, 15

B

Balmat, 52

Barnes, Mr G. S., 32

Bean, Mr, 108

Bennen, 59, 113, 252

Bich, J. B., 262

Bionnassay, Aiguille de, 169

Birkbeck, Mr, 113

Blanc, Mont, 3, 92, 107, 162, 203

Bohren, 52

Boissonnet, Monsieur, 59

Borchart, Dr, 150

Borckhardt, F. C., 269

Bossons, Glacier des, 9

Breil, 253

Brenva Glacier, Ascent of Mont Blanc by, 162

Burckhardt, Herr F., 147

Burgener, Alexander, 226

C

Carré, Glacier, 172

Carrel, J. A., 252, 259, 261, death of, 280

Coolidge, Rev. W. A. B., 30, 171

Couttet, Sylvain, 89, 99, 109

Croda Grande, feat of endurance on, 48

Croz, Michel, 126, 134, 252

D

Davies, John, 269

Dent, Clinton, 58, 221

Douglas, Lord Francis, 45, 259

Distress Signals, Alpine, 291

Dru, Aiguille du, 221

E

Eigerjoch, 208

F

Falkner, Monsieur de, 269

Föhn Wind, Note on the, 80

G

Gabelhorn, Ober, 42, 45

Gardiner, Mr, 170

Garwood, Mr Edmund, 194

Glacier tables, 11

Gorret, Charles, 281

Gosaldo, 48

Gosset, Mr Philip, 59

Grass, Hans and Christian, 44

Greenland, Glaciers of, 7

Guntner, Dr, 33

H

Hadow, Mr, 260

Hamel, Dr Joseph, 92

Hartley, Mr Walker, 226

Haut-de-Cry, 59

Hinchliff, Mr T. W., 122

Hudson, Rev. C., 113, 269

I

Imboden, Joseph, 5, 30, 35, 38, 40, 84

Imboden, Roman, 32, 84, 194

J

Jungfrau, 147

K

King, Sir H. Seymour, 278

Klimmer, 150

Kronig, F., 269

L

Lammer, Herr, 72

Lauener, 41, 52, 66, 208

Longman, W., 142

Lorria, Herr, 72

M

M'Corkindale, Mr, 108

Mammoth, 105

Maquignaz, J. P. and D., 269

Martin, Jean, 154

Mather, Mr, 113

Mathews, Mr C. E., 289

Mathews, Messrs, 208

Matterhorn, 23, 72, 250

Maurer, Andreas, 46, 226

Maurer, Kaspar, 239

Meije, 170

Mercer, Mr, 269

Miage, Col de, 114

Moming, Pass, 126

Moore, Mr, 126, 134, 162

Moraines, 10

Moser, 269

N

Nasse, Herr, 150

P

Palü, Piz, 44, 150

Paradis, Maria, 203

Penhall, Mr, 72

Perren, 113

Pigeon, The Misses, 153

Pilatte, Col de, 134

Pilkington, Messrs, 170

Plan, Aiguille du, 46

R

Randall, Mr, 108

Rey, Emile, 46

Reynaud, Monsieur, 135

Richardson, Miss K., 169

Riva, Valley Susa, 18

Rochat, Mademoiselle E. de, 169

S

Saas, Prättigau, 17

Schallihorn, 83

Schnitzler, 150

Schuster, Oscar, 48

Scerscen, Piz, 194

Sesia, Joch, 153

Sinigaglia, Leone, 281

Stephen, Sir Leslie, 113, 208

Stratton, Miss, 206

T

Taugwald, Peter, 269

Taugwalder, 259

Trift Pass, 112

Tuckett, Mr F. F., 66, 113

W

Wainwright, Mrs and Dr, 44

Walker, Mr, 50, 134, 162

Wetterhorn, 51

Wieland, 194

Wills, Chief Justice, 51

Whymper, Mr C., 126, 134, 250

Z

Zecchini, G., 48

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