THE VISfULA. 
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THE RHONE. 
. . ij . rises in the glacier of Furca, near the car ton of 
'« *' It ™ north-east border of tire 
precipitates itself with great noise from amid 
i” flowuig into the vale beneath, has ths 
I,, ijArcij ® single cataract, with several cascades. It is 
Meyanwang stream, issuing from 
(j .•‘’rountain, and then directs its course from east 
’V!'-''’‘arg!,! ; after taking a winding course to the north,' 
■'•'ith great impetuosity into the lake of 
,1 streams and smaller rivers of tlie Valais, 
W 'P'runtains, flow into it. 
the Rhone rush into the lake with such 
mr (be distance of half a league they continue 
^ili/ ^iiy y-*, *^rose of the hitter ; but there is not after- 
‘''111 II distinction, as has been affirmed. At its 
V.i''** '*■ forms an island, on which, and on the 
into ®ide, 'i’s city of Geneva is built, being 
^dn- unequal parts, having a communication 
rC '"’'’d ^riward it forms the boundary between 
S ’,|8 the It then takes a western direction, and, 
f'l'in'* Burgundy from that of Dauphini, 
the which city it proceeds due southward. 
; ftofQ ®^®tern boundary of Languedoc, which it 
i'lto ([ ^ rovence at Avignon. It discharges its 
Arlej Alediterraneaii by several mouths, a little 
k’ Of-.'' rise called the Weisel, and in Polish tlve 
5^'^^ilesi.j^_^^t'^the Carpathian mountains, on the con- 
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THE VISTULA. 
i^'ktj'rse thj. Upper Plungary ; and, taking a north- 
5 al • 'd, Lfttle Poland, a part of Masovia, of 
Prussia, falls by tliree moutlis into 
Dantzic. Warsaw, the capital of 
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sitqg^j^’ which once boasted a very considerable 
the banks. Great quantities of grain 
growth of Poland, are sent down this rivet 
reiice exported to foreign countries. 
