They regained their cabin in safety, De saussure remaining there another night to make scientific observations, but M. Bourrit, with his son, started off for Bionassay, not having a fancy for another night at this elevation.
"An Impromptu Ascent of Mont Blanc"
W. H. Le Mesurier
M. Ramond, the saussure of the Pyrenees, carefully studied these outcasts over seventy-five years ago, and made this touching statement concerning them: "I have seen," he wrote, "some families of these unfortunate creatures.
"A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees"
Edwin Asa Dix
saussure, on vertical conglomerates.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell