Vol. III. MifcelUnea Curiofa. '409 



At theifTuingout of the Barres, that form 

 Geneva^ on the fide of the Lake, are feen ia 

 the Water two or three huge Flints, ftanding 

 out of the Watery the chief of which they 

 call Nttoh 'i Andi the Tradition is, that it 

 formerly was an Altar confecrated to ATep- 

 tme ^ there being alfo a place cut out in the 

 middle, which they take to have been the 

 place for the Sacrifice. On this Flint feven 

 or eight Perfbns can fit ^ and fometimes, 

 when the Waters are very low, there are 

 found about it Knives, and Needles as thick 

 as Bodkins of tweefes, and much longer j 

 both of Brafs, well enough made, andefteem- 

 ed to have ferved for the Sacrifices. 



This Lake in ferene and calm VVeather 

 appears fometimes, and that even before Sun- 

 riling, as if it were made of divers pieces, 

 differently coloured ^ part of it being Brown- 

 er than the reft, which feems to be caufed by 

 a Breath of Wind pafTmg thorough the Wa- 

 ter, coming either ft*om the bottom of the 

 Lake, or from above tho' others think this 

 gentle agitation to proceed from fome Springs 

 that are at the bottom, making the Water 

 Ihiver above. But that part of the Water, 

 that is not moved,appears as even andfmooth 

 as a Looking-Glafs, or like V\^ater traced by 

 a Ship. And as for the Colours, they are, 

 in ray Opinion, an efFed of the neighbouring 

 Mountains^ the different Images of which, 

 being confounded in the Water, make an ap- 

 pearance of very pale Colours. 



After that the Rhone is entred into the 

 JLake, he retakes not his impetuous courfe 

 |?efore a quarter of a Mile's diltance from its 

 * ^oming 



