That Henri is in bed in the house yonder,' and so at last he was found.

When finally unearthed, Henri confessed that when he had said _spring_ the day before, he ought to have said _autumn_, and that by autumn he meant November and December.

Enquiries elsewhere showed that the end of summer was what he really meant, if he meant to tell the truth.
Our route for the glaciere followed the high road which leads by the Asile de Marchairuz to La Vallee, as far as the well-known Chalet de la S.Georges; and then the character of the way changed rapidly for the worse, and we took to the wet woods.

After a time, the wood ceased for a while, and a large expanse of smooth rock showed itself, rising slightly from the horizontal, and so slippery in its present wet condition that we could not pass up it.

Then woods again, and then the montagnes of _Sous la Roche_, and _La Foireuse_, till at last, in two hours, the Pre de S.Livres was achieved.