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Ligurian Alps, i. 4.
Limestone,freslvwater, in Auvergne, ii. 334. A remarkable
variety of, 384,
Lyons, comparative view of, with the manufacturing
towns of England, ii. 275. Hospital, museum, &c.
282.
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Malan, Monsieur, creates a schism in the Genevese
church, ii. 133.
Maritime Alps, i. 4.
Mastodon, tooth of, found in coal at Alpnach, ii. 169.
Maurienne costume, i. 242.
Meyringen, in the valley of Hasli, ii. 191.
Mill-stones made of limestone, used in Savoy, i. 156.
Miolans, castle of, i. 104.
Molasse, or soft sandstone of Savoy interstratified with
limestone, i. ISO.; several formations of, ii. 398.
Mole, a pyramidal mountain near Geneva, ii. 55.
Monasteries, the abolition of, in Savoy; its effects on
the condition of the poor, i. 315.
Monetier, conflagration of, ii. 63.
Montadoux, basalt of, ii. 316.
Montargis, ii. 387.
Mont d’Or, ii. 373.
Montmellian, town and castle of, i. 106.
Morat, battle of, ii. 161.; lake of, ibid.
Moraine of the Glaciers, i. 367.
Morney, near Geneva, ii. 63.
Moulins, ii. 385.
Mountains not essential to the formation of large rivers,
i. 103.
Mountain Limestone, the true transition limestone of the
continental geologists, ii. 429.
Mountain, vallies, i. 41. 193. Villages in Savoy, 270.
Pastures, 326. Peasants, 325, 362.
Moutiers, capital of the Tarentaise, i. 215. Salines of,
220. Thermal waters of, 346.
Museum of Geneva, ii. 152. Of Berne, 169.
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Nantua, lake of, ii. 272.
Naters, thermal waters and baths of, i. 348. ii. 236.
Ncclcar, Madame, singular mode of interment of, ii. 69.
Nevers, ii. 385.
Nugerre, puy de, ii. 350.
Pan de Sucre, a remarkable mountain of gypsum, i.
256. 276.
Pariou, puy de, ii. 307.
Passy, in the road to Chamouny, supposed to be the
ancient Vatiscum, i. 354.
Peasantry o f Savoy, character of, i. 70. Their fêtes and
processions, 81. Condition of the poor, 316. Peasantry
of the Bernese Oberland, ii. 190. 195. Of
Fribourg, appearance of, 200. Of the Valíais, their
superstition and misery, 216. 218. 226. Of Piedmont,
249. Of Auvergne, 304.
Pennine Alps, i. 4.
Pesey, mines of, i. 238. First discovered by the English,
239.
Poix, puy de la, ii. 324.
Pommiers, monastery of, i. 18.
Pont du Château, bituminous and volcanic rocks in its
neighbourhood, ii. 293.
Pont Pelissier, i. 361.
Pregni, the late residence of the Empress Josephine,
ii. 68.
Protestant Funeral in Savoy, i. 76.
Provisions, price of, in Savoy, i. 323.
Puy de Dome, ii. 306. 339.