The Wilmingtonian., 1824-03-11

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king too violent use fthe stick either
to stop their motion suddenly. or steer ao-
ruptly to the right or left, broke It short
and thus becoming ungovsrnable, fiewl
headlong to what appeared to them 'm-I
pending destruction, with every variety
of awkwardness and expression OF d'smay
in their gestures, yet arrived in perfect
safety in the arms of the guides accustom-
ed to those sorts of accidents, and prepar-
ed for them.
After nearly five hours toll, we reach
ed chalet on the top of the mountain,
(the Wingrrnalp) This summer hab'ta- 1
lion of the shepherds was still unoccupled; !;
for the snow having been unusually deep
last winter and the grass till lately, COW
cred, being still very short. the cows have
not ventured so high. Here we resolved
upoa halt, and having implements for
striking fire, few dry sticks gave cheer
|ful blaze in the open air. A pail of cream.
or at least very rich milk, was brought up
|by the shepherds, with kettle to make
coffee, and afterwards boil the milk; very
large wooden spoons or ladies' answered
the purpose of soups. The stock Of pro-
visions we had brought was spread upon
the very low root of the chalet, being
THE best station for our repas champetre,
as it afforded dry seats slopiog conve-
niently towards the prospect. We had
then before US Jungfraw, the two Eigers,
and some of the highest SUBMITS in the
Alps, shooting up from an uninterrupted
level Of glaciers of more than two hun
ldred square miles and although placed
ourselves four thousand five hundred feet
above the lake of Thun, and that lake one
Thousand seven hundred and eighty feet
above the sea, the mighty rampant rose
still six thousand eft above our head. Be-
tween US and the Junglraw, the desert
valley of Trumlatenthal formed deep
trench, into which avalanches fell, with
scarcely quarter of an hours interval
between them, followed by laundering
noise continued along the whole range.
not however a reverberation OF sound, for
echo is mute under the universal winding
sheet Of snow, but a prolongatlon of sound,
in consequence of the successive rents or
assures forming themselves, when some
large section Of the glacier slides down
%. step.
We sometimes saw blue line suddenly
drawn across Geld Of pure white then
another above it, and another all parallel,
and attended each time with IL loud crash
like cannon producing together the effect
of long protracted peals of thunder. At
Iothcr times. some portion Of the field of
snow, or rather snowy ice, gliding gently
away expossd to view new surface OF
Ipurer white than the first. and the cast Oft
Idrapery gathering in long folds, eithe- fell
at once dawn. the precipice, or disappc red
behind some intervening ridge, which the
lsameness o, color rendered invisible, and
was gai8 se1 n soon after in another direc
tion shootcug out of some narrow channe
a cataract of white dust, which observed
Through a telescope, was, however. fount
t. be comp".ed of broken fragments Office
or compact snow. many of them suficien
Ito oyerwhelm village if there had beef
j. any in the valley where they fell. Seate'
ZION the chalct's roof, the ladies forgot the,
we're cold, wet, bruised, and hungry. ant
1.-THE cup Of smoking cqfe al Init stood still
. lin their hand, while waiting in breathles
suspense for the next avalanche, wonder
: ing equally at the death-like silence inter
| vening between each, and the thundern!
r Icrash which followed. | must own, tha
: while we shut our ears, the mere sigh
might dwndie down to the effect OF tai
a of snow from the roof of a house, but whel
j. the pntent sound was heard along the Who'll
nIrange of many miles. when the time o
v awful suspense between the fall and tn
5 crash was measured, the Imagination, tax
$ ing fight, outstripped all bounds at once
and went beyond the mighty reality itsel
It would be difficult to say where th
creative powers of imagination stop, evel
I the coolest, for our common feelings-ou
), grossest sensations--are infinitely indeb
led to them; and man without his fancy
e would not have the energy of the dulle:
k animal. Yet feel more pleasure and NOR
IT pride in the consciousness OF another trei
wIsure of tae breast, which tames the fligt
i. lof,his same Imagination, and brings it bac
!, to sober reality and plain truth.
IT A VERY HARD CASE.
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y lived in England certain Mrs. Gaun
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