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Show Four Ungllsh gentlemen attempted recently to useend tho Scafell Pillar, ono of the most dllllcult nnd dangerous climbs lu the hike district of Cumberland. Cumber-land. Tho four were tied to n Hue, in the maimer of professional mountain climbers, and when the leader slipped and fell all were precipitated to the bottom of u "chimney," or upright gul. ly, and nil killed. The Kngllsli notion that n mountain of IJ200 feet must be safer than one of 10,000 feet Is thus shown to bo scarcely more rational than Mrs, Aleshino's comforting reflection re-flection that the sen was comparatively comparative-ly shallow not more than half n mile deep whore she nnd her friend, Sirs, i.ex, were lion ting, after the shipwreck. |