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Clermont, o f which I took an outline. The
annexed cut represents the mountains on
the north-west of Clermont; the position
o f the city is given by the church upon
tlie plain. No, 1. is the Puy de Dome ;
J. the Puy de Clierson ; 3. Sarcoui ; 4. the
Volcano of Pariou ; 5. the position o f La
Barraque, a mountain inn, which is a good
station for examining these mountains ;
6. Montadoux, about three miles west of
Clermont. The mountains immediately
round the plain are almost entirely composed
of basalt and tuffa, resting on freshwater
limestone.
Clermont, called Clermont Ferrand, is a
city containing more than 30,000 inhabitants.
There are several spacious streets
and market-places, and halls for cloth and
corn, and the public buildings are respectable
; but many of the streets in the interior
of the city are narrow and gloomy.
The cathedral is the finest Gothic building
I saw south of Paris, its external appearance
is sombre, being built of the
dark lava from Volvic. Clermont is the
only large inland city that I know of,
that is placed at a distance from w a te r:
there is only one miserable brook, which