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river and valley of, i. 10.334. 338. ii. 7.
Arveiron, source of, i. 369.
Avalanches, ii. 3. 184.
Auvergne, volcanoes of, ii. 293. &c. Probability of
future volcanic eruptions in that district, ii. 375.
Geology of, ii. 296.
Auvergnats, their appearance, ii. 304.
Ayme, an ancient city of the Centrones, i. 241.
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Balme, Col de, ascent of, ii. 12 . Vertical strata of
sandstone and conglomerate alternating with schist,
remarks on, 13.
Ballenberg, singular stratification of, ii. 192,421.
Bai-tingo, Margaret, a female alchymist, her history,
ii. 90.
Basalt of Auvergne, ii. 299. 305. 319.
Bauges, district of, i. 154.
Baveno, granite of, ii. 247.
Bear of Berne, anecdote of, ii. 171.
Beds of granite and limestone, their elevation cotemporaneous,
ii. 12. 426.
Bellegarde, fort, ii. 269.
Bernard, St., born at Château Menthon, i. 51. Plis character,
i. 56.
Bernard, Little, passage of, i. 210 . 244.
Berne, city and canton of, ii. 162. Museum, 169.
Bernese Oberland, ii. 175 to 198.
Bertholet, jun., singular death of, i. 50.
Bex, salt works of, ii. 2 1 1 .
Bitumen, in volcanic tuffa, ii. 294. 324. 331.
Black earth, used in Chamouny to accelerate the melting
of the snow, ii. 18.
Bolzec, persecution of, by Calvin, ii. 124.
Bonneville, quarries of micaceous sandstone at, ii. 336.
Boshel, Notre Dame de, her miraculous powers, i. 273.
Bourget, lake of, i. 133 to 138.
Bout du Monde, cascade of, i. 152.
Brevent, Mont, ii. 1 1 . Red snow on, 31.
Brientz, Lake of, ii. 190.
Brochant, Professor, his opinion on the rocks of the
Tarantaise, i. 290. 295.
Brida, in the Tarantaise, sometimes called Baths of la
Perriere, i. 253. Thermal waters and baths of, i.
262. 346.
Briegg, in the Valíais, ii. 234.
Bulle, descent to Vevey, ii. 204.
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Calcareous mountains of the Alps, i. 182. 359. ii. 408.
Calcareous strata of the Alps compared with those of
England, ii. 409 to 418.
Calvin arrives at Geneva in 1538, ii. 122. Banished
and returns, 123. His intolerance, 124.
Catechizing, mode of, in Savoy, i. 87. In Geneva, ii. 145.
Catechumens, ceremony of their admission into the Genevese
church, ii. 145.
Centrones, village of, i. 240.
Chalets, i. 272. 326.
Chamberry, i. 109. 151.
Chamouny, valley of, i. 363. Secondary rocks of, ii. 26.
Inhabitants of and guides, &c. 34.
Chantal, {la mère), grandmother to Madame Sevigne.
i. 28. 379.
Charade, puy de, basaltic columns upon. ii. 318.
Charmettes, les, the residence of Madame de Warrens,
i. 157.
Charpentier, Monsieur, his observations on the gypsum
near Bex, ii. 411. i. 302.
Chateau Duing, i. 31. 45.
Chateau Menthon, the birth-place of St. Bernard, i. 1 .
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