270 THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE “CHAP. 
neuve. The Plate opposite, from a photo- 
graph taken above Vevey, shows this clearly. 
It is quite evident that the lake must for- 
merly have extended further up the valley, 
and that it has been filled up by material 
brought down by the Rhone, a process which 
is still continuing. 
At the other end of the lake the river 
rushes out 15 feet deep of “not flowing, but 
flymg water; not water neither — melted 
glacier matter, one should call it; the force 
of the ice is in it, and the wreathing of the 
clouds, the gladness of the sky, and the coun- 
tenance of time.” ? 
In flat countries the habits of rivers are 
very different. For instance, in parts of Nor- 
folk there are many small lakes or “ broads” 
in a network of rivers—the Bure, the Yare, 
the Ant, the Waveney, ete.—which do not 
rush on with the haste of some rivers, or the 
stately flow of others which are steadily set 
to reach the sea, but rather seem like rivers 
wandering in the meadows on a_ holiday. 
They have often no natural banks, but are 
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