Epigraph
Over the great windy waters, and over the clear-crested summits
Unto the sun and the sky, and unto the perfecter earth
Clough
Dedication
TO THE
MOST CONSTANT OF MY COMPANIONS
FRANÇOIS JOSEPH DEVOUASSOUD
Note
The First Chapter is reprinted with corrections and additions from ‘Fraser’s Magazine.’ The Thirteenth and fragments of one or two others have previously appeared in the ‘Alpine Journal,’ from which three of the illustrations have also been borrowed. The remaining seven have been engraved for this work under the care of Mr. G. Pearson.
The heights throughout the book and in all the maps are given in English feet.