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view of Chateau Duing, where we had all
passed several happy weeks.
The road from Faverge to Ugine ascends
gradually for about three miles, and after
crossing a low col, or passage, in the mountains,
leaves the basin of the Lake of Annecy,
and enters a narrow valley, the waters
of which flow in a contrary direction, and
fall into the Isere. When the sky is clear,
from this part of the road there is a fine
view of Mont Blanc, which is seen more
in profile, and about twenty miles nearer
than from Geneva. As we proceeded, the
mountains assumed a different character ;
they were no longer capped with turrets of
limestone, like those round the Lake of
Annecy, but presented peaked and serrated
summits, and were evidently a lower formation
; they were composed principally of a
coarse siliceous breccia and dark schistose
greywacke, dipping in a northerly direction.
Near the village of Marlens the valley
is covered by an eboulement, with blocks
of dark greywacke schiste, through which
the road winds. At what period they fell
into the valley is unknown.
The young men in these valleys emigrate
into various parts of Europe to find employ-
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