Chapter VIII

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Obstacles.

Mephistopheles on crags--Emerson on Monadnoc--Ruskin on Alpine peasants--Holy and unholy mountains--The Devil's Pulpit-- Montagnards--Tarns--Tenjo--T'ai-shan--Apocatequil--Tyrolese legends--Rock ordeal--Scylla and Charybdis--Scottish giants-- Pontifex--Devil's bridges--Le géant Yéous

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