... undertake the ascent of the mountain, with the aid of two experienced guides These men had ascended Mt Mitchell and others of the highest peaks of the Blueridge They had never, however, attempted the ... And the engineers had not yet spoken their last word Neither were the navies of the world behind The cruisers, the torpedo boats, the torpedo-destroyers, could match the swiftest steamers of the ... On the morrow, the twenty-ninth of April, we started again at dawn By the end of this second day, we expected to reach the farm of Wildon at the foot of the mountain The country was much the...