CHAPTER XLIV

Looking at Mont Blanc--Telescopic Effect--A Proposed

Trip--Determination and Courage--The Cost all counted----Ascent of Mont Blanc by Telescope--Safe and Rapid Return--Diplomas Asked for and Refused--Disaster of 1866--The Brave Brothers--Wonderful Endurance and Pluck--Love Making on Mont Blanc--First Ascent of a Woman--Sensible Attire

## CHAPTER XLV A Catastrophe which Cost Eleven Lives--Accident of 1870--A

Party of Eleven--A Fearful Storm--Note-books of the Victims--Within Five Minutes of Safety--Facing Death Resignedly

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