Show I ON THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC II I i I II 4 + fedvW BAv > y i i > i P4 i4 i i u I 3 I a I i I q9 itre s e 1d i b waPA y 14t t 1 iM 1 t ftc rI > J 2 1Uil > Atfif ti n > t o 1 d 1 < C fI 1 f1ltf > > > 1 f 1I fJ JWi I n > 1 > t < I t u il < Ai n i > r < > 1 f > > r y < Xf 1ft c The towns and villages of the Alpine districts in Switzerland are crowded mi now with climbers of all nations who elect to spend their holiday time nthe conquest of the mountain peaks The climbing season Is I in full swing nd has already been attended unfortunately by the usual crop of serious cclderts In our Illustration a group of French mountaineers are shown landing by the Janssen observatory on the summit of Mont Blanc The Inoimtaln Is snowcapped all the year round and the observatory Itsalf Is built foundation of snow deep borings having failed to disclose any rock |