An Alpine guide who has had many years' experience in mountaineering thus describes the behaviour of different nationalities when they get to' the top of a peak. A German (ho says), as soon as lie arrives at the top, wants to know the exact height of tho mountain ho is on and of every peak around him. A Frenchman goes into raptures over the mildness of the scenery and the beauties of Nature, and sometimes accompanies his remarks by an attempt to embraco his guide. The Englishman, when he has "done" his peak, plunaes his lco axe into the snow, looks around him, and then Says, "I say, open the, baskets and lefs have something to eat."
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 213, 28 May 1918, Page 6
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117Untitled Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 213, 28 May 1918, Page 6
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