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Show Climbed Greater Ararat. James Bryce, former British nm-bassador nm-bassador to the United States, climbed Greater Ararat in September, 1870, making the nsccnt alone. The Russian Rus-sian governor hud supplied him with nn escort, but they were still 0,000 feet short of the summit when, overcome with superstitious fear, they refused to go on. Mr. Bryce described the summit sum-mit as u little plain of snow, silent and desolate, with u bright green sky above, nnd the view uk stern mid monotonous. |