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is about fifteen miles. The most
striking object seen on our road from
Thonon to Geneva was Mont Blanc, of
which we obtained the first view near Coligny,
a beautiful village in the territory of
the republic.
CHAP. VII.
GENEVA TO LYO NS A ND C L E R M O N T . PAS SAGE
OF l ’e C L U S E . OBS E RVA T ION S ON T H E CAUSES
BY W H I C H I T WAS O P E N E D . ----- P E R T E D E
R H O N E . FOS S IL S IN IT S V I C I N I T Y . B E L L E G
A R D E . A P P R O A C H TO L Y O N S . A C OM P A R
A T IV E V I EW OF LYO N S W I T H T H E L A R G E
M A N U F A C T U R IN G TOWNS IN E N G L A N D . H O S P
I T A L AND A N T IQ U I T I E S . N O T R E D AM E D E
F O U R V I E R E . E X C U R S IO N ON T H E SAONE.
COAL IN T H E V IC IN I T Y OF L Y O N S . IR O N
M A N U F A C T U R E S N E A R F EU R S . ----- T H I E R S . -----
P O N T SUR l ’a L L I E E S .
W e left Geneva on the 15th of April,
1822, having engaged a char to convey us
to Lyons. It may be useful to state, that
we found some difficulty in hiring a carriage
at Geneva, from the uncertainty whether
a duty would be charged upon it on entering
F ra n c e ; nor could this uncertainty be
removed by any enquiries we made of the
voituriers in Geneva, or of the Fnglish or
the Genevese themselves; the answers we
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