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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 

 flying 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, etc. — 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 



1 Euskin. 



