LAKE OF CONSTANCE. 373 
iij'ftity qc ^ vast expense, from the south-west 
L, 'vh:„i. *^1^6 to the sea. The completion of this 
has twenty-five sluices, or locks, and into 
Scv, 
;eral 
V '’f hs the constant employment of a regi- 
,V Parts poipose are stationed on dif- 
hs banks. Lake Onega is situated between 
by the White Sea, and communicates with tlie 
V 'a |„ ® '^'ver SwiR. It is one hundred and twenty 
I J.u 1... J 
;'C"iF 
its waters are fresh, it is frequented by 
,3ther... 
, jPtincipal Lakes of the north of Europe are tire 
g Peipus, in Livonia, nearly seventy miles 
thfij.] “rtyin breadth, runs into the gulf of Fin- 
^"d is celebrated for the abundance 
S.'SS?, it swarms. — In Sweden Proper, which 
the most considerable is Lake M.aler, 
^P^End, Sudermanland, and Westmanland. 
t\ve[ ° miles in length, and is said to contain not 
the'"'^ hundred and ninety islands. It communi- 
V''^hici, hy the mouths of the north and south 
it nes 
0’ part ”®Er Stockholm, and its banks are 
^EEutifully diversified. — Lake Wetter is 
'i^tn "thlg^l^^hle of the twenty-three lakes to be found 
It is ninety miles in length, fifteen in 
It fecp' ' ftie outlet, by the river Motala, 
hijfij"'®® upwards of forty small streams. This 
\t higher than either the Baltic or the 
has 
■;, *ic. ‘ renA:.. 
spa.'^ '^®®P and clear, but very boisterous in 
- ‘*t>on -- - - 
other 
On its banks are found agates, cor- 
®* valuable stones. 
't *tS'^*'ate ^.U**STANCE is one of the great boundaries 
' S it. iru..''^'*^®'''®ud from Germany. Its broadest 
• Switzerland ; while towards Germany it 
V*ti> 2e arms, one called the Zellersee, 
®ud the other the Bodmen, or Lake 
hiiig.' • former is the island of Reichb- 
Ney.,|.V” ^®ugfh, and one in breadth, abounding 
i< li|,’*iand f ^ud all kinds of fruit ; and in the latter, 
^tA'isg A- i^^iNAu. From Bregentz to Zell this 
'stinguisbed by two appellations, the part 
