30 TRAVELS THROUGH 



prehend, among the moft confiderable in the 

 Ttfhole kingdom of France. They yield a 

 revenue of near 200,000!. a year : there are 

 very many hands employed in them ; fo that 

 they form an excellent market to all the 

 hufbandry of the neighbouring country. As 

 to the methods purfued in making the fait, 

 they are too well known to need defcrib- 

 ing : nor are they different from what is 

 in practice in other countries. The (itua- 

 tion of Dieuze is very agreeable : in a beau- 

 tiful vale, between ridges of hills, that are 

 partly cultivated, and opening to the Lake, 

 which is a beautiful piece of water. At 

 Dieuze I took a boat, rowed by two men, 

 for the village of Techempfal, which is fi- 

 tuated on a fmall iiland, very beautifully ; 

 but the views are not fo fine as I was given 

 to expect, for want of the hills hanging im- 

 mediately to the Lakes ; whereas here is a 

 breadth of flat land before the lands begin 

 to rife. To perfons ufed only to the views 

 in flat countries, there are feveral points 

 around this Lake that will pleafe them; 

 but having feen the ilupendous wonders of 

 Sweden, this made little impreffion on me. 

 I fpent that day in the boat, dining in 



