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gars keeping fufpended the Water that was 

 beyond, and thofe Waters, that were beneath^ 

 running away downwards by a declivity, and 

 under the fhelter of the Houfes. Whilft I 

 was fcrupling at this Relation, they brought 

 me GalUJim his Commentary upon Exodus^ 

 Printed \ %6o. where 'tis recorded, that the 

 like accident had fain out at Geneva at the 

 time when that Minifter lived there, a South 

 Weft Wind having made the Rhone to re- 

 coile into the Lake, and many People hav- 

 ing thereupon pafled over dry for an Hours 

 time. 



Concerning the other Accident ; you may 

 remember, that the River Arve^ which is a 

 kind of Torrent falls into the Rhone^ about 

 a 1000 Paces beneath Geneva. In the Month 

 of JDecember in the Year 2652. the faid Arve 

 did fo extraordinarily fwell, that not only it 

 over-run its Banks with impetuofity, but alfo 

 interrupted the courfe of the Rhone^ and 

 forc'd it to re-enter into the Lake for the 

 Ipace of fourteen hours though fome do 

 efteem, that the Arve dif-gorged it felf for 

 that time into the Lake, by paffing over the 

 Water of the Rhone^ which, in their Opini- 

 on, continued his courfe under the Water of 

 the Arve. However the Water was feen at 

 Geneva to re-enter into the Lake. 



But to conclude, this Lake doth very much 

 abound in Filh ; but that which is obferva- 

 bie is, that thofe Filhes have as 'twere canto- 

 tiized themfelves,and divided the Lake among 

 them- The Trout sd^rt not to be found there, 

 but, as hath been already mentioned, in the 

 Current of the Rhone : The Car^s have ta- 



