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THE ASCENT OF MONT PELVOUX.

district of which Mont Pelvoux and the neighbouring summits are the culminating points, 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