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SCENERY OF SWITZERLAND. 
CHAPTER XX. 
zOrich and glarus. 
The Lake of Zurich is about 26 miles long and 
3 m width; is 142 metres in depth and 409 above 
the sea. The immediate scenery, though not grand, 
IS soft and rich, with a great air of comfort and 
civilisation. 
The whole valley was excavated by water in 
pre-glacial times, and subsequently occupied by the 
glacier. 
As we look up the lake from Zurich we see in 
front the fine range of snow mountains from the 
Glarmsch to the Windgalle and Titlis. The valley 
on the left is bounded by a ridge of Mollasse— the 
