The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-08-27

vance, AMI :,I!,.i greatly to oar il'l-.". tjnr
,i IT.. tra>,rt> i.a,. Remained! behind iii OH
r.,tinc pa +. a hr tn!t unAri!: two others
t,.ramr r.ha;,t,,I IN ascending the SIDE al
,h,..,iarirr. l'irry 1t lir-t ll> down, tut >unn
u;irr rrtrca'.,i to cur night quarters. " oh
ont being .i-hcart"uci hv these difficulties.
we y?actrdc,i and soon reached a great cleft
wIi, h marks The upper cage Of the drrllvIty
rftnr la.r.r glacier, AMI at ten o'clock we ar
rived a the treat plain Of snow. which ndi-
cafes the first break on the icy head OF Ara
rat. At tie distance o. 4 thousand PAGES or
10. we saw the cross which We had reared on
the 10Th Of September (>", end a:tempD: hnt
it appeared TO me 50 extremely small, prob
ally on account Of is black co'or, that a.
most doubted whether should be able TO
perceive It aI,in with an ordinary telescope
from the plain oi he Arax,s In the dirrr-
ton toward, the summit shorter, but at the
same tin," a sleeper decliviv than IA" Or"
we la,' r.9~"l, now lay before rs: and }e-
tween til and the extreme sunmit there ai-
pcarrI to !" one snail hill. After Snort
rrro>r We ,as,ca tie first Irecip;c". vii Il
was tn. ,tecpe~t ofal!. by hewi' . out >'",,,-
"a ro,.h<. AMI! after th- the next elevation
But here. instead ot seeing the ultimate GOA
Of all oar ,i;nirulic>. Immediately brfor" IL,
appcarcd .c~i.s of small hills, which even
conccal.,i tn, summit from our >;.ht. Thi,
rather alatel orr courage. which had never
welded toc a moment 50 long as we Ind al!
orr difficulties in view and onr strength
exhausted lv the labor Of hewing the re
seemed scarcely commensurate with the at
tainmrn. of the now invisible object Of on
wishes. Bat a review of what had already
been accomplished. and Of that which nIi"irt
still remain to be done. the proximity OF the
series orprojecin@ elevations, end game
a, NV brave companions, ban she'd my as.
and we holly advanced. We crossed two
NOR, hills. and the cold breeze q the SGrl-
nit EI,.w towards Us. | stepped from behind
,rLa ,r,.;crs anil ,1e cvtr,...,c conc 81
,r,.,, t., distinctly before nv earap,nr,d
.os . r,o,e either iry rI1;n vas TO be
aS,@n|.i, aud At qaar;rr I>>t three, on tn"
a., a.s.,..,l.r - 1>2o W. stood ON
tie -t.nml:t 4 Mount Ara,a -
;..o.l,. ,..,.s,r, 70 s,v th,t ;n1e.
.,.,,, .fo.hor ,.r,t;o:,. fine ip1pr-
owl .te,.,,I snous c,vcrinr the summit.
..,uIJ L,,.. ran1arr1 f,t;I,. any Lores which
avian. ri; H.. marty n,;..l,t .,tert,;n rel
.,;r. 20 H.. ra,n.;ns &c h. Ark Of Noah
...,;,., :, w.. r,;,J. If H.. .Y,r,.S>-
r,,,., I.,,., 1.,., an, ~. L..n
,:t;o.:o, ,rho >r,,,,,;t Of Mount ,r,,,;
f..r,,.o.,..., ,,J almost ,;,.,,r,~ NAT
~ .,:a......r from, w..
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H''"h'oF''"' "Pps'Fe' '.N' ',''N specs >',''
up '"r'n-I' H. ABOUT '"'''. '''' ''''" ~.
summit. where 'hcre was q '''''r ''''''''' %
lis bong seen 'f'in lie N'"'!' 'Ilfh 9" u.
toy, cross WaS painted 70 li''i'''e :" az
who m12ht accomplish l." ascent Afterwards
that others have ""c'i bti"re 'hch'
Professor Ia:rot and his COMPANIONS re
turned to the snowleSs part OF the m"Hnt"in
aHa passed Scrone night there. On the
ensuing morning, they returned IN safety 10
the convent Of st. James, where they iioerc'
their grateful thanks to Heaven for the sue
cess of their arduouS cntcrIrl>c-not ii