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it was opened.— Perte de Rhone.—Fossils in its
Vicinity. — Bellegarde. — Approach to Lyons.
A comparative View of Lyons with the large Manufacturing
Towns in England. — Hospital and
Antiquities. — Notre Dame de Fourviere. —
Excursion on the Saone. — Coal in the Vicinity
of Lyons. — Iron Manufactures near Feurs. —
Thiers. — Pont Sur L’Alliéer - _ - 255
CHAP. VIII.
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Discovery of the Volcanoes of Auvergne, in 1751.
— A General View of the Volcanic Mountains
near Clermont. — Excursion to the Puy de Pa-
riou, &c.— Appearance of the Inhabitants of the
Mountains. — The Puy de Dome. — Observations
on the Lava and Crater of Pariou.—Monta-
doux. — The Puy de Charrade. — Volcano of
Gravenire. — Puy de la Poix. — Puy de Cruelle.
Observations on the Remarkable Position of the
Beds of Tuifa. — Visit to Gergovia. — The Author
discovers Bones of large Quadrupeds in the
Limestone under this Mountain.— City of Clermont
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CHAP. IX.
Clermont to Riom. — Lava of Volvic. — Volcano
and Crater of Nugerre. — Observations on its
Internal Form. — On the Granite in which the
Volcanoes of Auvergne are placed. — Excursion
to the Puy de Chopine. — A thunder-storm on
the Mountains.— A General View of certain Volcanic
Mountains connected with the Puy de Chopine.
— Opinions of several Geologists respect-
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ing them. — Puy de Chopine, a Mountain partly
composed of Granite and partly of Volcanic
Matter, placed within a large Crater.— Volcanic
Moimtains South of Clermont; their Similarity
to Rocks regarded as Primitive. — On the Probability
of Future Volcanic Eruptions in Auvergne.
Catholic Missionaries in France. — Riom to Paris.
— Moulins. — Nevers.— Montargis.— Fontain-
bleau. — Porcelain Manufacture of Seves. — Funeral
of the Abbé Haüy - - _ 345
APPENDIX.
Observations on the Geology of the Alps, and the
Stratification of the Calcareous Mountains - 397
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