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CHAPTER Vil 
SECOND JOURNEY TO NEW ZEALAND 
5 was the month of July, 1895. Many 
climbers who were at Macugnaga, enjoy- 
ing the invigorating air of the mountains, 
came to see me and invited me to accompany 
them, not as a guide but as a friend. I could 
not refuse such kindness so began to go 
about a little, without carrying any weight on 
my shoulders, and when there was any work 
to be done, another guide was engaged. 
Such little expeditions as these did me much 
good. 
After having made some unimportant 
ascents, I went to the Montanvert, near Cha- 
monix, where I awaited Mr. A. F. De Fon- 
blanque with whom I had already made an 
agreement in London for a month’s moun- 
taineering. After a spell of bad weather 
which lasted for ten days, we were able to 
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