“Poste Royale, Mont Cenis, Nine o'clock, Nov. 30. 1839.

“For our journey from Lyons to Chambery, and from Chambery to Lanslebourg, I refer you to Powell's journal, only stating that we were in the carriage and moving, at a quarter before four in the morning, and out of the carriage at twelve o'clock at night. The last two stages were rather awkward ones to pass in the dark, as we had a continued succession of tremendous precipices on one side of the road; on one occasion, on seeing a light straight down, an immense way below us, A—— said, ' There is a star, only in the wrong direction.'

“At Lanslebourg we heard accounts of the roads being very difficult, but still passable and safe; so we gave them their own time and started this morning at half-past nine, with eight horses to our carriage, two to our cart carrying our luggage, and thirteen attendants to bear up the carriage, in case of difficulty from the snow. […] ”