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An Extra^ of ^ Letter i^rittm to the Roy d Society 
im^ CdixmA^^ John Weicfiand Valvafor 
R. S^. 4emg a fnll md mmrate defcriftim^f 
fht tponderfpill Lah pf Zwknitt ift that Country. 
Vide Phil Tranlaa: ^4^^ Br to '^/ 
His Lake was by the Ancients called L^^ Palas^ 
by th€ modems jL^iP/^ Luge^y tho at prefent its 
h^inc mmQhQ Lac^ Ckk^i^^fi^ in high Dutch ZJrck- 
m^eT'/ee, aiid in our CutrmaUn tongue ZJrkmih J^firo. 
Why it was focaHed of old is unlmownor very uncertain; 
but the original (tf the p-efent name is iJiore furq, it be- 
ing derived from the aajacent to wn oF CMnits : and that 
had its name, from a ChsLppd of xliQ J^/^m Mary^ which 
at firft ftood a one, but naw the town is built round it. 
This Chappel was no great edifice at Jirft, and therefor^ 
wassailed th^ littk Cha:pp®l, which in the Language of 
the Countre,yis Zi^k'vifs^ ; whence the Lake was named 
S^iwsh J<ejer0 or the Cliappel-Lake, .but Jiow by abufe 
# teing changed into 
It is dkiftant from the Capitall City of the Province 
Ldac, fix German miles ; it is a good German Mile long, 
or better than ^-ofoo Geometrical paces, and is about half 
as muqh in breadth. Its ordinary depth is lo Cubits, 
its leaft 5 6^, rarely three, |>ut its greateft is fixteen 
Cubits. It /is every whei^furrounded with woody moun- 
tains, which on the South and Wuft fide are very high 
and three iMiles broad, running far in length into the 
r/w^^^/^» country, and affor4 nothing but horrid ftonyde- 
ferts, overgrown wich trees. On the North and £aft 
I i i fide 
