136

X.--GOING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, 168

XI.--GLACIERS, 181

XII.--ROLLO A COURIER, 196

XIII.--CONCLUSION, 220

ENGRAVINGS.

MONT BLANC, (FRONTISPIECE.) PAGE

THE COTTAGE, 10

THE PREFECTURE OF POLICE, 25

IN THE CAB, 40

THE DILIGENCE AT THE OFFICE, 77

THE DILIGENCE ON THE ROAD, 81

THE LAKE SHORE, 97

VICINITY OF INTERLACHEN, 100

THE MOUNTAIN GIRL, 147

THE FALL, 173

THE CREVASSE, 182

THE NARROW PATH, 189

ASCENT OF MONT BLANC, 193

[Illustration: THE COTTAGE. _See page 81_]

ROLLO IN SWITZERLAND.

CHAPTER I.

GETTING A PASSPORT.

The last day that Rollo spent in Paris, before he set out on his journey
into Switzerland, he had an opportunity to acquire, by actual
experience, some knowledge of the nature of the passport system.

Before commencing the narrative of the adventures which he met with, it
is necessary to premise that no person can travel among the different
states and kingdoms on the continent of Europe without what is called a
passport. The idea which prevails among all the governments of the
continent is, that the people of each country are the subjects of the
sovereign reigning there, and in some sense belong to him. They cannot
leave their country without the written permission of the government,
nor can they enter any other one without showing this permission and
having it approved and stamped by the proper officers of the country to
which they wish to go. There are, for example, at Paris ministers of all
the different governments of Europe, residing in different parts of the
city; a