234 THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE CHAP, 
the particles which the Lake of Geneva con- 
tains to its bottom. It seems certainly worthy 
of examination whether such ‘particles sus- 
pended in the water contribute to the pro- 
duction of that magnificent blue which has 
excited the admiration of all who have seen 
it under favourable circumstances.” * 
Among the Swiss mountains themselves 
each has its special character. Tyndall thus 
describes a view in the Alps, certainly one of 
the most beautiful—that, namely, from the 
summit of the Aigischhorn. | 
“Skies and summits are to-day without a 
cloud, and no mist or turbidity interferes 
with the sharpness of the outlines. Jung- 
frau, Monk, Eiger, Trugberg, cliffy Strahlgrat, 
stately lady-like Aletschhorn, all grandly 
pierce the empyrean. Like a Saul of Moun- 
tains, the Finsteraarhorn overtops all his 
neighbours ; then we have the Oberaarhorn, 
with the riven glacier of Viesch rolling from 
his shoulders. Below is the Marjelin See, 
with its crystal precipices and its floating ice- 
bergs, snowy white, sailing on a blue green 
1 Glaciers of the Alps. 
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