Itwasajourneywhicharollingstonewouldmakeinafewseconds——theloftypointofdeparturewasvisiblefromthevillagebelowinthevalley。
Thepredictioncutcuriouslyclosetothetruth；
forty-oneyearsafterthecatastrophe，theremainswerecastforthatthefootoftheglacier。
IfindaninterestingaccountofthematterintheHISTOIREDUMONTBLANC，byStephend\'Arve。Iwillcondensethisaccount，asfollows:
Onthe12thofAugust，1861，atthehourofthecloseofmass，aguidearrivedoutofbreathatthemairieofChamonix，andbearingonhisshouldersaverylugubriousburden。