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Show I'y KNEW niS OWN WORTH, j'' In o"o of the early editions of Mur- ', ray's Guide to Switzerland It was .stated that scarcely anybody had as- ' cended the mountains, and those who I liad wero chiefly of unsound mind. j ItlQtia have altered slnco then, and the V ' climber nowadays has to bo a healthy- li minded mortal of at least ordinary In- I hi tolllgence; although a writer In Outing I fl c'3clares that the secret is successful I ond skilful use of the feet, i Tho tyro at mountain-climbing pro- I claims himself at once by his inability r ' mnkc Progress where handholds are scarce. The hands should, as a rule, I, be uswl 0llI" as anchors, and tho up- L wnrl progress made by simply step- 1 " P,nB "invord on any ledges that aro available. It Is a very common occur- 1 rence in the Alps to meet a party that I V includes an Incapable amateur who has j J los' all power in his arms, and has I ft actually to bo pushed, dangled and al- 5 ft n,ost carried down the rocks because 1,18 arms liavo given out through lack i of knowledge in using them. J Lns J'cnr on Mont Blanc I witnessed 1 ' n curious accident which iTlusjratcs the 11 consequences of carelessness. Wo were ' 1 following downward behind a party composed of two guides and n stout German climber who objected to hav- I lug tho rope tied about his waist. I j At o Point we wero dismayed to seo tho omateur vanish through the 1 apparently lovel surface of the snow, leaving tho empty loop of the rope dangling down the hole. We rushed to tho edge of the crov-nsso, crov-nsso, and a glaneo down Into Its bluck. Icy dopths showed tho serious nature of r luo accident. Tho crevosso was fully 200 feet deep, and our ropes were of no use for a rescue; besides, as no answer camo to our calls, we decided that tho I uufortunato climber had paid the pen alty of his foolishness. Somo of ui ran down to tho Grands-Mulots Grands-Mulots aud brought up p number of guides carrying a long, strong rope and j tho wherewithal to carry tho body j down to tho valloy. Wo lowered tho guide into tho depths pf the glacier, and Judge ot our surprise .when we heard voices far below. Our li .wonder was sUIl further increased f' P'11011 toe guide came up and said that tho stout German was sitting at tho bottom of tho crevasse, smoking a Plpo. Luckily, ho had fallen on a bed of soft snow, aud his only serious dam-ago dam-ago wob a broken leg. IIo absolutely refused to be pulled up I n"I bargalu had been struck as to 1 1 j tho cost of tho rescue. |