c formation of the ice
in these caves, and in the Geological Section, on their general
character and the possible causes of their existence.

It is necessary to say, with regard to the sections given in this book,
that, while the proportions of the masses of ice are in accordance with
measurements taken on the spot, the interior height of many of the
caves, and the curves of the roof and sides, are put in with a free
hand, some of them from memory. And of the measurements, too, it is only
fair to say that they were taken for the most part under very
unfavourable circumstances, in dark caves lighted by one, or sometimes
by two candles, with a temperature varying from slightly above to
slightly below the freezing-point, and with no surer foot-hold than that
afforded by slippery slopes of ice and chaotic blocks of stone. In all
cases, errors are due to want of skill, not of honesty; and I hope that
they do not generally lie on the side of exaggeration.

CAMBRIDGE: _June_ 1865.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. PAGE

THE GLACIERE OF LA GENOLLIERE, IN THE JURA .............1

CHAPTER II.

THE GLACIERE OF S. GEORGES, IN THE JURA ................19

CHAPTER III.

THE LOWER GLACIERE OF THE PRE DE S. LIVRES, IN
THE JURA ...............................................32

CHAPTER IV.

THE UPPER GLACIERE OF THE PRE DE S. LIVRES .............46

CHAPTER V.

THE GLACIERE OF GRACE-DIEU, OR LA BAUME, NEAR BESANCON,
IN THE VOSGIAN JURA ....................................60

CHAPTER VI.

BESANCON AND DOLE ......................................85

CHAPTER VII.

THE GLACIERE OF MONTHEZY, IN THE VAL DE TRAVERS ........97

CHAPTER VIII.

THE GLACIERE AND NEIGIERE OF ARC-SOUS-CICON ............118

CHAPTER IX.

THE SCHAFLOCH, OR TROU-AUX-MOUTONS, NEAR THE LAKE OF
THUN ...................................................131

CHAPTER X.

THE GLACIERE OF GRAND ANU, NEAR ANNECY .................157

CHAPTER XI.

THE GLACIERE OF CHAPPET-SUR-VILLAZ, NEAR ANNECY ........182

CHAPTER XII.

THE GLACIERES OF THE BREZON, AND THE VALLEY
OF REPOSOIR ............................................202

CHAPTER XIII.

LA BORNA DE LA GLACE, IN THE DUCHY OF AOSTA ............210

CHAPTER XIV.

THE GLACIERE OF FONDEURLE, IN DAUPHINE .................212

CHAPTER XV.

OTHER ICE-CAVES:--
THE CAVE OF SCELICZE, IN HUNGARY .....................237
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