MATTERHORN  , one of the best known mountains (14,782 ft.) in the See also:

• ALPS

Alps . It rises S.W. of the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• ZERMATT

Zermatt, and on the frontier between See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland (See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

canton of the See also:

• VALAIS (Ger. Wallis, Ital. Vallese)

Valais) and See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . Though on the Swiss See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side it appears to be an isolated See also:

• OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk, it is really but the See also:

• BUTT
• BUTT, ISAAC (1813-1879)

butt end of a See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge, while the Swiss slope is not nearly as steep or difficult as the See also:

• GRAND

grand terraced walls of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian slope . It was first conquered, after a number of attempts chiefly on the Italian side, on the 14th of See also:

• JULY

July 1865, by Mr E . See also:

• WHYMPER, EDWARD (1840- )

Whymper's party, three members of which (See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• DOUGLAS
• DOUGLAS, GAVIN (1474?-1522)
• DOUGLAS, JOHN (1721—1807.)
• DOUGLAS, SIR CHARLES
• DOUGLAS, SIR HOWARD
• DOUGLAS, STEPHEN ARNOLD (18,3–1861)

Douglas, the Rev . C . See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson and Mr Hadow) with the See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide, See also:

• MICHEL
• MICHEL, CLAUDE
• MICHEL, FRANCISQUE XAVIER (1809-1887)

Michel Croz, perished by a slip on the descent . Three days later it was scaled from the Italian side by a party of men from Val Tournanche . Nowadays it is frequently ascended in summer, especially from Zermatt .