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APPENDIX.
TABLE OF ASCENTS.
423

G. ASCENTS OF THE MATTERHORN.

No. of
Ascent
Date. Names. Route taken. Remarks.
 1 1865.
July 13-15
Lord Francis Douglas.
D. Hadow.
Charles Hudson.
Edward Whymper.
Zermatt (Or Northern route.) Guides—Michel Croz, Peter Taugwalder père, Peter Taugwalder fils. See pp. 384-94.
 2 July 16-18 Jean-Antoine Carrel.
J. Baptiste Bich.
Amé Gorret.
J.-Augustin Meynet
Breil (Or Southern route.) The first two named only ascended to the summit. See pp. 393, 416-7.
 3 1867.
Aug. 13-15
F. Craufurd Grove. Breil Guides—J.-A. Carrel, Salamon Meynet, and J. B. Bich.
 4 Sept. 12-14 Jos. Maquignaz.
J.-Pierre Maquignaz.
Victor Maquignaz.
Cæsar Carrel.
J.-B. Carrel.
Breil An easier route was discovered by this party than that taken upon July 17, 1865. The first two named only ascended to the summit.
 5 Oct. 1-3 W. Leighton Jordan Breil Guides—the three Maquignaz's just named, Cæsar Carrel, and F. Ansermin. The Maquignaz's and Mr. Jordan alone reached the summit.
 6 1868.
July 24-25
J. M. Elliott Zermatt Guides—Jos. Marie Lochmatter and Peter Knubel.
 7 July 26-28 J. Tyndall Up Breil side and down Zermatt side. Guides—Jos. and Pierre Maquignaz, and three others.
 8 Aug. 2-4 O. Hoiler.
F. Thioly.
Seem to have ascended from Zermatt and descended to Breil. Account given in hotel-book at Breil is not very clear. Guides seem to have been Jos. and Victor Maquignaz and Elie Pession.
 9 Aug. 3-4 G. E. Foster Zermatt Guides—Hans Baumann, Peter Bernett, and Peter Knubel.
10 Aug. 8[1] Paul Guessfeldt Zermatt Guides—Jos. Marie Lochmatter, Nich. Knubel, and Peter Knubel.
11 Sept. 1-2 A. G. Girdlestone.
F. Craufurd Grove.
W. E. U. Kelso.
Zermatt Guides—Jos. Marie Lochmatter and the two Knubels.
12 Sept. 2-3 G. B. Marke Zermatt Guides—Nich. Knubel and Pierre Zurbriggen (Saas).
13 Sept. 3-5 F. Giordano Ascended Breil side and descended to Zermatt. Guides—J.-A. Carrel and Jos. Maquignaz.
14 Sept. 8-9. Paul Sauzet Breil Guides—J.-A. Carrel and Jos. Maquignaz.
15 1869.
July 20.
James Eccles Breil Guides—J.-A. Carrel, Bich, and two Payots (Chamounix).
16 Aug. 26-27. R. B. Heathcote Breil Guides—the four Maquignaz's (Val Tournanche).
17 July 20(?) ? Zermatt One ascent only was made in 1870. No details have come to hand.
  1. Although one day only is named for this and for a subsequent ascent, I have reason to believe that two or more days have been occupied upon all ascents which have, as yet, been made.