XX. Sketch of the Geology of the Environs of Nice. By 

 Thomas Allan, Esq. F. R. S. Edin. 



(Read 16th Feb. 1818.) 



IN ice is situated on the shore of the Mediterranean, in lat. 

 43° 41' 16" N. and long, east of Greenwich 7° 16' 37". The 

 county of which Nice is the capital, was comprehended in the 

 Roman province of the Maritime Alps : it was included, while 

 under the influence of France, in a department to which the 

 same name was given ; and now, it is restored to the sovereign- 

 ty of Piemont, it may be considered as bounded on the west 

 by the Var, which separates it from France, on the north and 

 east by the mountains of Dauphine and Piemont, and on the 

 south, it is washed by the Mediterranean. 



Its situation is very peculiar ; although scarcely ten leagues 

 distant from one of the highest ranges of the Alps, it has a cli- 

 mate to boast of, equal to that of Naples or Sicily, which may 

 be attributed to local and very peculiar circumstances. The 

 town and the little plain of Nice, are situated immediately under 

 the shelter of Mount Boron, which intercepts the direct blast 

 of the Levant winds. This hill is the commencement of a se- 



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