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that th6y kave betwixt thein int^rftices of 

 Fifteen or Twenty Leagues profpefts, check- 

 ered by Meadows, Corn-Fields^ Orchards, 

 Vines, Forrefts of Fir-Trees, Snow lying on 

 the fides of the Rocks. All thefe Objeds, 

 which at a diftance are confounded, and 

 feem to make but one, have near hand their 

 feverai Beauties: So well is the Country in- 

 terfered by Rivolets, which, after they have 

 ferved to make Iron, Paper, &c ^ run into 

 the Lake, carrying with them very many 

 Fountains; ' 



But leaving thefe Things, I fhall now con- 

 tent my felf to entertain your Curiofity by 

 giving you a candid Relation of what I have 

 there obferved in the fpace of Four Months; 



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Although I have told you, that this Lake 

 hath the figure of a Croijfanty yet that point, 

 where is Geneva^ is fomewhat longer and 

 more extended than the other. This Croif- 

 fant where 'tis largeft, which is from Mor- 

 ges to Thonon^ is about Five good Leagues 

 over. That which hinders from making an 

 exaft eftimate of its Largenefs in other pla- 

 ces, is, that the Winds by driving the Water 

 toward the Banks have made certain points, 

 which advance far into the Lake, in fuch 

 fort that when one happens to be oppofite to 

 the oth^r, the Lake feems to be narrow : 

 As may be obferved in going from Gcrjeva to 

 Nion^ where it feems as if the Phams or 

 . watch Tower of Prangln^ which is in Suljfe^ 

 did almofl: touch Savoy^ whereas yet one is 

 a League diftant from the other. And, what 

 is remarkable, is, that at the coming out of 



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