THE LAKE OF GENEVA. 
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replaced the ancient forests of Chestnut, Birch, and 
Beech; and the picturesque Swiss chalets were ex- 
tinguished by whitewashed villas and gigantic hotels! 
Morlot first called attention to the existence of a 
fault to the west of Vevey. It begins at Gonelles, 
just to the west of the town, and goes in the direction 
of Chatel St. Denis, following for some distance the 
right bank of the Veveyse. 
The cone of the Tiniere is particularly interesting 
from the attempt made by M. Morlot to calculate 
roughly the date of the Neolithic or Later Stone Age 
in Switzerland. He estimated for the age of Bronze 
an antiquity of from 2900 years to 4200 years, foi 
that of the Stone period from 4700 to 7000 years, 
for the whole cone of from 7400 to 11,000 years. 
At the eastern end of the Lake of Geneva 
