LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate I. Lake of Lucerne, looking west from BRUNNEN — Frontispiece

Plate ii.  “Uplifted from the seas.”  Cliffs of the TITLIS, Switzerland — to face p. 4

Plate iii.  An alpine torrent at work—­Val D’HERENS, Switzerland — to face p. 31

Plate IV.  Earth pillars—­Val D’HERENS — to face p. 34

Plate V.  “Scenes of desolation.”  The Weisshorn seen from Bella Tola, Switzerland — to face p. 40

Plate VI.  Alluvial Cone—­Nicolai Thal, Switzerland.  Moraine on Aletsch glacier Switzerland — to face p. 50

Plate vii.  In the region of the Croci; dolomites.  The ROTHWAND seen from Monte Piano — to face p. 60

Plate VIII.  FIRS assailing the heights of the MADERANER Thal, Switzerland — to face p. 73

Plate ix.  Life near the snow line; the bog-Cotton in possession.  Near the TSCHINGEL pass, Switzerland — to face p. 80

Plate X. The joy of life.  The AMPEZZO Thal; dolomites — to face p. 93

Plate xi.  “Pines solemnly quiet.”  DUeSSISTOCK; MADERANER Thal — to face p. 100

Plate xii.  Alpine flowers in the valleys — to face p. 105

Plate xiii.  Alpine flowers on the heights — to face p. 106

Plate xiv.  Mountain solitudes; Val de ZINAL.  From left to right ROTHHORN; Besso; OBERGABELHORN; Matterhorn; pic de ZINAL (through cloud); Dent Blanche — to face p. 116

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Plate xv.  Sector of the earth rise of isogeotherms into A deposit
evolving radioactive heat — to face p. 118

Plate xvi.  “The mountains come and go.”  The Dent Blanche seen
from the SASSENEIRE — to face p. 133

Plate XVII.  Diagrammatic sections of the Himalaya — to face p. 140