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446 INDEX.
T ifa , bituminous, of Auvergne, ii. 331. Observations
on its formation, 372.
Vache, Puy de, ii. 322.
Valíais, canton of, its extent, population, government,
&c., ii. 213. Natural productions of, 224.
Vallaisiens, peculiarly subject to goitres and cretinism,
ii. 217.
Valleys, remarks on the structure and formation of, i.
174. 192.
Valorsine, rocks and strata of, ii. 16.
Valteline, river of, ii. 270.
Vaud, pays de, emancipated from Berne by the French,
ii. 165.
Vegetation, upper line of, in Savoy, i. 8.
Vevey, town of, ii. 205.
Ugine, town of, i. 95.
Villard Goitrou, i. 276.
Unspounnen, castle of, ii. 198.
Volcanic eruptions, future probability of, in Auvergne, ii.
375.
Volcanic rocks o f Auvergne, description and section of,
ii. 297. 358. 363. Their connection with primitive,
374.
Volcanic sand, ii. 321.
Volcanic tuffa, ii. 294. 324. 331.
Volcanoes of Pariou, ascent of, ii. 307. Of Gravenire,
ascent of, 319. Of Nugerre, ascent of, 350. Of
Jumes, 353.
Volvic, quarries of, ii. 347.
Vouache, the western harrier of the basin of Geneva, ii.
259. 261.
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Wages and labour, prices of, in Savoy, i. 321. Of female
domestics, 323.
INDEX. 447
Walnut harvest in Savoy, i. 73.
Warrens, Madame de, i. 164.
Wengen Alp, ascent of, ii. 181.
Wines of Savoy, ii. 105.
Witchcraft and sorcery punished with death at Geneva
after the Reformation; 150 persons executed on
charges of, ii. 127. Abolition of the punishment,
433.
Wolf, domestic, its remarkable sensibility, ii. 153.
Yere, river and valley of, i. 167.
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