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SCENERY OF SWITZERLAND. 
the Rhine almost enclosed those of the Aar, the 
Reuss, and the Lirnmat. That of the Aar extended 
as far as Berne, where there is a very fine moraine. 
The glacier of the Reuss extended to Aarau, 
and down the Valley of the Aar to Coblenz. On 
the east it filled the Lakes of Egeri and Zug, ex- 
tended along the Albis to the Uetliberg, and to 
Schlieren on the Lirnmat, following the valley down 
to Coblenz. 
The glacier of the Lirnmat was bounded on the 
west by that of the Reuss; on the east from Wesen 
on the Lake of Walen, to the Rhine at Eglisau, fol- 
lowing the valley to Coblenz, where therefore these 
four great glaciers met. 
The glaciers of the Mont Blanc range not only 
filled the Valley of Chamouni and the country to the 
west as far as, and beyond, the Lake of Bourget, 
but flowed over to the east and joined that of the 
Rhone. 
In fact a sea of ice covered the whole country, 
with the exception of some mountain tops, from 
Lyons to Basle, along the Rhine and the Lake of 
Constance across Bavaria, extending to Munich, and 
beyond Salzburg. 
The extension of the glaciers does not however 
necessarily imply any very extreme climate. 
