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air so balmy and delightful, that we sent
back our char, and lingered about the
Charmettes, till it was late. We then returned
over the hill, by the foot-path behind
the house, which was Rousseau’s
morning walk, and entered with regret the
gloomy and crowded city of Chamberry.
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CHAP. V.
NEW GAL L ERY OF LES E C H E L L E S . S TRUC TUR E
VALL EYS . GEOLOGICAL FACTS. FO RMA
T IO N OF MOU NTA IN V A L L E Y S . FAL L OF
PA R T OF MONT G R EN IE R . ----- OBSERVATIONS
ON T H A T EV EN T . E X T E N T OF T H E RUINS . ----
LES ABYMES D E MYANS.
T h e new gallery, or passage of les Echelles,
on the road from Chamberry to Lyons,
formed by the order of Napoleon, was
completed in 1810, but the road through
it was only opened for carriages eighteen
months before we were at Chamberry. This
gallery is more striking than any single gallery
on the Semplon road, and the valley
beyond it well deserves the attention of the
geologist; but travellers to or from Italy,
seldom stop to examine the immediate objects
on the northern side of the Alps.
The distance from Chamberry to the new
gallery is about fifteen miles. The country,
for at least two leagues, is rich and beautiful,
the road passing along the valley of the Yere.
About four miles from Chamberry the
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