Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark Swormstedt & Poe, 1856 - 416 sider |
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... Auldjo , of Trinity College , Cambridge , who published an account of it , illustrated by maps and drawings . In 1830 Captain Wilbraham made a successful as- cent ; and in 1834 another was performed by Dr. Martin Barry , who likewise ...
... Auldjo , of Trinity College , Cambridge , who published an account of it , illustrated by maps and drawings . In 1830 Captain Wilbraham made a successful as- cent ; and in 1834 another was performed by Dr. Martin Barry , who likewise ...
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... Auldjo ascended in August , 1827 , he spent the whole morning in crossing the lower and vegetating portion of the mountain . On approaching the glacier at the commence- ment of the upper and snowy stage , he thought that it would be ...
... Auldjo ascended in August , 1827 , he spent the whole morning in crossing the lower and vegetating portion of the mountain . On approaching the glacier at the commence- ment of the upper and snowy stage , he thought that it would be ...
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... Auldjo found equal danger in threading his way along and across the nu- merous fissures and crevices which are con- stantly to be found in the vast , icy mantle of Mont Blanc , in consequence of the slipping of portions of it to the ...
... Auldjo found equal danger in threading his way along and across the nu- merous fissures and crevices which are con- stantly to be found in the vast , icy mantle of Mont Blanc , in consequence of the slipping of portions of it to the ...
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... jour- ney , if not also during the second - for the as- cent and descent together more frequently re- quire three than two days . When Auldjo and his party approached the Grand Mulet , they found it 78 FIRESIDE READING .
... jour- ney , if not also during the second - for the as- cent and descent together more frequently re- quire three than two days . When Auldjo and his party approached the Grand Mulet , they found it 78 FIRESIDE READING .
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... Auldjo's route lay for some dis- tance along the top , which was very narrow , and inclined in each direction toward unfathom- able gulfs . " Taking my steps , " says he , " with the greatest caution , I could not prevent myself from ...
... Auldjo's route lay for some dis- tance along the top , which was very narrow , and inclined in each direction toward unfathom- able gulfs . " Taking my steps , " says he , " with the greatest caution , I could not prevent myself from ...
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