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[Henkel D. <as...@te...>]

 velvet cap of one of the ladies; and it was some days before they
recovered their color. But, as I say, there was no sense of danger in
the adventure. We descended by a different route, on the south side of
the mountain, to our horses, and made a lark of it. We went down an ash
slope, very steep, where we sank in a foot or little less at every step,
and there was nothing to do for it, but to run and jump. We took steps
as long as if we had worn seven-league boots. When the whole party got
in motion, the entire slope seemed to slide a little with us, and there
appeared some danger of an avalanche. But we did n't stop for it. It was
exactly like plunging down a steep hillside that is covered thickly with
light, soft snow. There was a gray-haired gentleman with us, with a good
deal of the boy in him, who thought it great fun. I have said little
about the view; but I might have written about nothing else, both in th