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the north. Beneath your feet you have a bird's eye view of 

 the lake of Annecy, and the fine plains around it: and 

 westerly, toward the Lyonnois, the view extends very far, as 

 there is nothing to interrupt it. 



Another road. The road by way of Annecy and Talloires is much more 

 laborious. The ascent from Talloires is very steep, and not 

 free from danger. In the neighbourhood of that town is a 



Vineyard. fine vineyard, formerly belonging to a convent of Benedic- 

 tines there ; and the road to it from Menthon is shaded by 



Chesnuts and walnut and chesnut trees. The mountain itself is very rich 



walnuts. m pi an t Sj whichever way you ascend it. 



The following table exhibits the heights of the different 

 places that have been mentioned, in fathoms and thousandth 

 parts above the level of the sea, as calculated from the height 

 of the barometer, both according to the formula of Deluc 

 and that of Trembley, with the mean temperature by Fah- 

 renheit's thermometer, and the time when the observations 

 were made. 



The heights of some of the principal points, as given by 

 Deluc, Pictet, and Saussure, are also added. 



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