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CHAPTER II.
THE ASCENT OF MONT PELVOUX.
"Thus fortune on our first endeavour smiles."
Virgil.
The district of which Mont Pelvoux and the neighbouring summits are the culminating points,[1] is, both historically and topographically, one of the most interesting in the Alps. As the nursery and the home of the Vaudois, it has claims to permanent attention: the names of Waldo and of Neff will be remembered when men
- ↑ See the map in chap. ix., and the general map.
