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Registers o i land in Savoy; their great utility, i. 312.
Religious instruction, course of, at Geneva, ii. 145.
Rhcetian Alps, i. 5.
Rhone, fall of, called Perte du Rhone, ii. 264.
Rhone, upper valley of, ii. 2 1 2 .
Riom, town of, ii. 346.
Ripaille, near Thonon, ii. 251.
Rivers, observations on, i. 103.
Rosa, Mont, ii. 233.
Rousseau, Jean Jaques, remarks on his character and
writings, i. 160.
Rutile, fibrous mine of, i. 235.
Saas, valley of, its mineral productions, ii. 234.
Saconnex, Little, fine view of the Alps from this village,
ii. 68.
Sales, St. Francis, i. 25.
Saleve, Mont, ii. 54. 405. 407.
Sallenches, town of, i. 340.
Salines at Moutiers, process of evaporation described,
i. 225.
--------- at Bex, ii. 2 1 1 .
Sandstone of the Col de Balme, ii. 26. 398. 403.
Soane, river of, ii. 285.
Savoy, physical geography of, i. 1 . Roads of, 13.
Savoy, great valley of, i. 95.
Savoyard curées, i. 79.
School o f Mines at Moutiers, i. 218.
Secondary strata in Chamouny, remarks on them, ii. 17 ,
Semplon, passage of, ii. 238. Village and inn, 241.
Servos, i. 357.
Seves, porcelain manufactory of, ii. 389-
Sierre, town of, in the Valíais, ii. 231.
Sion, city of, in the Valíais, ii. 230.
Snow, experiments and remarks on the evaporation of,
ii. 32.
Snow, red, so called, appearance of, on the Alps, ii. 29.36.
Sociétés de Dimanches, at Geneva, ii. 80.
Staubach, cascade of, ii. 186.
Stratification, remarks on, i. 68. 337. ii. 273. Singular,
421.
Suicide, frequency of, at Geneva, ii. 96. Observations
on its causes, 99.
Sundays, shepherds forbidden to sound their horns on
that day, ii. 129. Present observance of, at Geneva,
156.
Swiss Alps, ii. 163. 214. Geology and stratification of.
See Appendix, ii.
Sylant, lake of, ii. 272.
Syndics, chief magistrates of Geneva, two remarkable
speeches of, ii. 45. 120. Singular procession of, ii.
119.
Talloires, on the lake of Annecy, i. 47. Priory
of, 48.
Tarentaise, province of, its boundaries and extent, i. 205.
217. Geology of, 289.
Taxes in Savoy, i, 330.
Temperature o f the earth, observations on, i. 379.
Thermal waters of the Alps, general observations on, i.
344. ii. 428. In Auvergne, 379.
Thiers, a considerable manufacturing town, ii. 292.
Thones, town and valley of, i. 61. 66.
Thonon, town of, ii. 251.
Thoun, town and lake of, ii. 17 2 .
Toleration, state of, in Savoy, i. 77.
Touissaint died at Vevey, ii. 209.
Trachyte, ii. 16. Mountains composed of, ii. 359.