A telegram from Geneva says :—-" Mr George Thompson, an Englishman, left the Glawbier Hotel, Grindelwald, on June 10, intending to ascend the Faulhorn without a guide. Taking the path' over the Holzmatzten, and becoming giddy, he got into such a position in the Kniebrecher that he dared neither advance nor retreat. Here he remained five days and six nights, subsisting on such roots and herbs as he could gather. At last, growing desperate, he contrived to slide down the mountain on his back, and late, on the night of the 15th inst. crawled to the cottage of Ulrica Gertsch, near the Abuss Alp, where he received food and shelter, and was nextday conducted to Grindelwald." •
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2978, 31 August 1878, Page 2
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115Untitled Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2978, 31 August 1878, Page 2
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