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MY FIRST CAMP ON THE MATTERH0RN.

chap. iv.

a bottle down to the Tiefenmatten—no sound returns for more than a dozen seconds.

* * * "how fearful
And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!"

THE COL DU LION: LOOKING TOWARDS THE TÊTE DU LION.

But no harm could come from that side. Neither could it from the other. Nor was it likely that it would from the Tête du Lion, for some jutting ledges conveniently overhung our proposed resting-place, We waited for a while, basked in the sunshine, and watched

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