. Pictures in Tyrol and elsewhere. K\ lUTumf. MOUNTAINEEKING IN AN OMNIBUS. 11 his Majesty landed—a cheery, kindly-looking old man,bowing and smiling as the eager spectators opened apath for him—and walked to the station, where a mag-nificent high-and-mighty, in blue and silver, Konigliche-Baiern beadle mounted guard. The lake was lying still,and glimmering in the sunshine; the old towers andhouses, black-roofed and high-peaked and picturesque,rose dark against the clear sky; the Lion of Bavaria,couched on its pillar, turned its placid face towards thewater; and about its base pressed the kind
. Pictures in Tyrol and elsewhere. K\ lUTumf. MOUNTAINEEKING IN AN OMNIBUS. 11 his Majesty landed—a cheery, kindly-looking old man,bowing and smiling as the eager spectators opened apath for him—and walked to the station, where a mag-nificent high-and-mighty, in blue and silver, Konigliche-Baiern beadle mounted guard. The lake was lying still,and glimmering in the sunshine; the old towers andhouses, black-roofed and high-peaked and picturesque,rose dark against the clear sky; the Lion of Bavaria,couched on its pillar, turned its placid face towards thewater; and about its base pressed the kind welcomingpeople, and we eagerly scanned the sunburnt facesseeking for a Grrindelwalder—the brave, sturdy, faithful,Christian Aimer—who was to join us there, and give hisgood services for some mountaineering during the nextfew weeks. Only two nights lay between us and Paris. A fewhours in train and steamboat, and we had entered on anew life, as completely strange, un-English, unspoilt as toluxury, unhacknied as to rules and conventio
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