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XX. Sketch of the Geology of the Environs of Nice. By 
Tuomas Auuan, Ese. F. R. 8. Enin. 
(Read 16th Feb. 1818.) 
Nie is situated on the shore of the Mediterranean, in lat... 
43° 41°16” N. and long. east of Greenwich 7° 16’ 37’. The 
county of which Nice is the:capital, was comprehended in the 
Roman province of the: Maritime Alps: it was included, while 
under the influence-of France, in a department to which the 
same name was given; and now, it is restored to the sovereign- 
ty of Piémont, it may be considered as bounded on the west 
by the Var, which separates it from France, on the north and 
east by the mountains of Dauphiné and Piémont, and.on the 
south, it is washed by the Mediterranean. 
Its situation is very peculiar; although scarcely ten leagues 
distant from one of the highest ranges of the Alps, it has a cli- 
mate to boast of, equal to that. of Naples or Sicily, which may 
be attributed to local and very peculiar circumstances. The 
town and the little plain of Nice, are'situated immediately under 
the shelter of Mount Boron, which intercepts the direct blast 
of the Levant winds. This hill is the commencement of a se- 
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