SWITZERLAND 



Lake Constance from Schloss Mainau 



BODENSEE Lake of Constance- 

 fifteen square miles smaller than the 

 Lake of Geneva, has been formed by the Rhine, 

 which enters at the south-eastern extremity 

 and flows out at the north-west, hurrying on 

 its way to the Falls of SchafFhausen. There 

 is geological evidence that the Rhine was long, 

 long years in forcing a passage through the walls 

 of rock at its egress, for the level of the lake 

 was once much higher than it is now. And 

 when at last the river did escape, the lake sank 

 for a while at least ten feet below the present 

 level, as is evidenced by the interesting remains, 

 now submerged, of the prehistoric Lake- 

 dwellers. In winter the great lake becomes a 

 solid sheet of ice, and pleasant excursions on 

 skates can be made from one point to another 



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