ening star, the

chalets, glistening in the sunbeams, herds browsing peacefully
and shaking their mellow bells; while the blackness of the pine
trees, crowded into woods, or scattered in pleasant clusters over alp
and valley, contrasted forcibly with the lively green of the fields."
Few men had more experience of mountains than Mr. Whymper, and from him,
I will quote
one remarkable passage describing the view from the summ