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fied citizens : but " Point de Suifles — Point de 

 Suifles," continued to be occafionally heard. 

 The council, however, did not abandon the 

 decree of calling in the Swifs levy, but re- 

 ferved all further proceedings, until they 

 fhould receive the anfwer of general Montef- 

 quioUjto the friendly communication conveyed 

 through the medium of the French refident. 



In the mean time, as the whole town felt 

 indignant on account of the freedom of the 

 lake being infringed, an armed vefTel was 

 difpatched to affert the rights of the ftate of 

 Geneva ; and to infift upon the free and un- 

 interrupted paffage of all veflels going from 

 the city. The remonilrance fucceeded, and 

 no further obftacle being oppofed, every boat, 

 barge, and fkiff — every veffel that could carry 

 an oar or a fail, was, immediately, employed, 

 and the general hurry and confufion were ten- 

 fold increafed. Anxious multitudes thronged 

 on board, and the crowded boats were in 

 danger of being upfet, or funk to the bottom. 



From the diftrefs and extreme peril which 

 intermixed with, and augmented the confufion 



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