,1 XVI EXPLANATION OP THE PLATES.
Mont Grenier and the Abymes de Myans,
Evaporating-House at Moutiers,
Section of strata in the valley of the Doron,
Ditto, - _ _ _ _
Passage of the Rhône, Vol. II.
Section of the volcanic country round Clermont,
Volcano of Pariou, - - _ _
Puy de Cruelle, - - _
Outline of the mountains N. W. of Clermont,
Puy de Chopine, - _ _
Strata near Bex, - _ _
Ballenberg, singular stratification of.
Mountain in the valley of Lauterbrun,
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INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS
ON T H E
PHYS ICAL GEOGRAPHY
OF
SAVOY. m
W h e n the Romans first extended their
conquests to the northern side of the Alps,
the Allobroges, one of the most powerful
nations of ancient Gaul, possessed the province
of Dauphiny, and a great part of
what is now called Savoy ; the Centrones,
a warlike tribe, occupied the other part,
together with the lower Vallois. After the
Roman conquests, the name of Sabaudia*
* Ammianus Marcellinus, who wrote in the fourth
century, speaking of the course of the Rhone, says,
“ qui per Sabaudiam fertur et Sequanos.” The present
king of Sardinia stiles himself Dux Sabaudiae.
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