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Forethought should go with courage-A life saved by the use of a big knife-Dr. Jenner's ride in a snowstorm-Death by lightning on the Drym-Mr. Justice Wills' warning-The three great dangers of the Alps-Climbing accidents among British labourers-Our plans of prevention far behind our methods of cure-Value of collective investigation-Sure-footedness more important than speed-Pace not to be hurried.
As accidents will happen in so dangerous a sport as mountaineering, it is the duty of every climber to study the causes of these accidents, as far as possible to prevent them, and to remember that in danger "presence of mind," as it is called, is generally due to careful thought beforehand, and to the rehearsal in imagination of every possible disaster.