You had better, at the last village you come to in the valley, obtain the services of a guide, for should a snowstorm come on when you are crossing, the path will be lost, and nothing will remain but a miserable death.

By daylight the road is good.

It has been cut with much trouble, and loaded mules can pass over without difficulty.

Poles have been erected at short distances to mark the way when the snow covers it.

But when the snowstorms sweep across the mountains it is impossible to see ten paces before you, and if the traveler leaves the path he is lost." "But I suppose," Cuthbert said, "that even in winter travelers pass over ?" "They do," the host said.