and the Inundations of the Vat de Bagnes, I9l 
formed by the valley of the Rhone, After ravaging Le Bonrg 
and the village of Martigny, it fell with comparative tranquih 
lity into the Rhone, leaving behind it, on the plains of Martigny, 
the wreck of houses and of furniture, thousands of trees tom 
up by the roots, and the bodies of men and of animals whom 
it had swept away. 
As the iood took half an hour in passing every point which 
it reached, it follows that it furnished S00,000 cubic feet of wa- 
ter every second,— an efflux which is five times greater than that 
of the Rhine below Basle. 
According to M. Escher de la Linth, the velocity of the tor- 
rent, at different parts of its course, was as follows. 
No. of minutes 
in which it de- 
Velocity 
in feet 
Distance in feet. 
scribed this dis- 
tance. 
per se- 
cond. 
From the glacier to Le Chable, 70,000 
35 
33 
From Le Chable to Martigny, 60,000 
55 
18 
From Martigny to St Maurice, 30,000 
70 
llj 
From St Maurice to the Lake ) oa aaa 
of Geneva, 
.^30 
6 
Description of the Map^ and the Perspective Vi^ws on Plate Il\ 
A, the Lake of Mauvoisin. 
B, the Cone or Bar of snow and ke. 
C, the Bridge of Mauvoisin, 
D, the Glacier of Getroz. 
E, the Glacier of Mont Durant, 
F, the Glacier of Tzermontane. 
G, Mont Pleureur. 
H, Mont Getroz. 
I, Mont Mauvoisin. 
K, Mont Corbassu. 
L, Valley of Tozembic. 
1. Mont Pleureur, 
2. Glacier of Getroz. 
3. The Cone of snow. 
4. Mont Getroz. 
5. Valley of Tezemhic. 
6. Mont Tzermontane. 
7. Glacier of Mont Durant. 
8. Mont Gele. 
9. Passage of the Col de la Fe- 
netre, 
10, Rocks of Mauvoisin. 
Art. XXXV. — Proceedings of the Royal Society of Ediii^ 
burgh. 
Nov. 9. 1818. — Al. Letter wns read from Dr Alexander Ken- 
nedy to James Russel, Esq. giving an account of the ex- 
traction of a worm from the aqueous humour of a horse'^s eye, 
which was performed at Madras by Dr William Scott. Dr 
