Rod and gun . ge. Here we wefe, faraway from the placidity of that regionimpolitely referred to as the efTete East,attired in garments unsanctioned by cer-tain elect bodies, plugging away for dearlife through the shin tangle that constitu-ted the initial part of the climb up party, unlike subsequent ones, start-ed out to the east of the camp. Before memarched with steady, persistent, tirelessstride, Fritz Brawand, Swiss guide. In of green which he held out with an en-couraging smile and the single word,Varmint. The nasal test, apart fromany ability to translate his patois, wouldhave e
Rod and gun . ge. Here we wefe, faraway from the placidity of that regionimpolitely referred to as the efTete East,attired in garments unsanctioned by cer-tain elect bodies, plugging away for dearlife through the shin tangle that constitu-ted the initial part of the climb up party, unlike subsequent ones, start-ed out to the east of the camp. Before memarched with steady, persistent, tirelessstride, Fritz Brawand, Swiss guide. In of green which he held out with an en-couraging smile and the single word,Varmint. The nasal test, apart fromany ability to translate his patois, wouldhave enlightened me as to its Englishname and for soriie minutes I refreshedmyself with the bit of spearmint he hadpicked. Assuredly I needed refreshingjust then for already I was beginning tofeel like the ancient mariner whenthere was not a drop to drink. Anotherthing Mr. Forde had told us was that wemust not drink the water from thestreams that ran down the mountain contained glacial silt and it was in-. Photo by Prof. F. W. Freeborn. Crossing the Glacier Between Niles and Dily. my rear a little Englishwoman toiledbravely onward and upward. Five menfollowed hard behind, completing Fritzrope. My heart was pounding in an out-rageous manner and I almost choked intrying to conceal the fact. The littleEnglishwoman also sought to deceive meby turning a gasp into a smile when Iglanced behind to see how she was com-ing on. Fritz, of course, appeared ut-terly unconscious of the breathing exer-cises being gone through in his immediatevicinity and marched stolidly he so far relaxed as to pick a sprig timated we ran the risk of spun glassinnards if we yielded to I would willingly have-sacri-ficed my internal workings for a goodlong draught, but it was not to be. Fritzwould not stand still long enough to al-low me to indulge. On those rare occa-sions when he did allow us to rest for amoment or two he chose an arid spot outof the way of temptation. The
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