J38 ON EXTINCT VOLCANOES. 



The crater fald The incumbent of the village belonging to the abbey, fn*' 

 its fiuiation * ^'^''^i^ed me, that the crater, of which I was in fearch, was- 

 iiijc. a lake near his parifh. 



fefttgiUf dif! ^^^^^ fituation of this lake difplays much grandeur. It is 

 terem colours, furrouuded by a chain of mountains covered with trees ; 

 t^xt fwtte^er' ^^^ ^*^^ ^^ '^^'^'' longed from north to fouth ; and it requires 

 blocks of lava, near two hours to walk round it. 



TKe^ank a popr The weft fide offeri? to view at firft nothing but a fpacious 

 On the north, ''^ed of argil, divided into bands of diftbrents colours ; after 

 block, of lava, this appears a fmaller bed of hornftone ; and the reft exhibits 

 cleic p^rpendi- ^"^7 ^'^"^^ fcattered blocks of lava. The bank is an indif- 

 cui^iy, fcrent meadow. 



Shltetiay,* a*^^ The north fide bpgins with fome of the blocks of lava juft 

 teifperfedwlth mentioned: next appears a pretty extenftve bed of horn- 

 '^'"d^f^ ^\^^^ ftone, the very numerous fifiures of which are uniformly 

 Onthe^art, perpendicular to the hoiizon: and a little farther on, is a 

 compad and coniiderabic bed of fat clay, as white as fnow, interfperfed 



pr>rous lava, aad .,,,,, rx ii n 



ibcnwuhtim ^'*^" blocks or lava and Iprnuone. 



nearly perpetidi- Qn approaching tlie eaft Ihore, iiothing is to be found 



On*the fouth a ^"^ ^^^'^' "' i'ome places compact, in others poious, and the 



level meadow, mountain there is nearly perpendicular. 



vCTed wltT "^^^ l-aftly, on the fouth fide, the ground becomes level, and 



fliePs. is firaply a meadow. The ftrand is covered with fhclls, 



Ti»e prev3t)mg partly whoJe, partly broken; and hence I conclude, that 



winds N. and ^ -^ ... ^ ./.,..'. ^ 



N. VV\ the prevailing winds in this autiict, are the north and north- 



The lake has no weft. . - 



apparent influx -pj^jj, |^j^^ ^j^^g ^^^ appear to me to receive water in anv 



of water, but a ri /- m 



fivulet runs part : yet, on the fouth it has an outlet, that furnilhes a fmall 

 ^ofTiitanthe t^rook, watering the groijnds of Medermich. The depth 

 V i' reatWin ^^ ^^^ ^^^*^ varies greatly, being upwards of four hundred 

 depth, m )re feet near the middle, It abounds with fiih, particularly 

 than 400 feet jj^^ ^^^ ^1^^ blocks of ftone fcattered over its bottom, 



near the middle, f^ ' - r , ^ ■ -^- 1 1 r 1 1 



Abounds with render the uie or the net nearly impracticable, lo that the 

 £{k, but the bot- |j,^p j^ almoft exclulively onployed for catching them, 

 ufe^nets!"^ ^ The abbey, to which this lake belonged, was a fpacious 



The abbey bai't building, proclaipiing the opulence of its founder. It was 

 bythe count Fa- b^iiij. [^ ]093, by Henry count of the Palatinate of the- 

 he'b"*in" ila^m- i^hine, and lord of this lake. Broverus, in his annals of 

 ei by the noe- Treves, fays, that the phantoms and lights, which this prince 

 torna. 9j>pe3\- ^ every night on the mountainy around him, induced hir^, 



ance or fires on j o 



the mouncjuns. to <y"e(5l this pious foundation. 



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