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CwrafP' the fp a e e f ipallure a GQ.nlkkrabI© ipMtiiteude; o£ Sidspc' .Moiit:!Sj?^^iG}iael
in Normandy is another blbriiiltjg
near fiheTea, likepSt. .Michaer^mauat in Cornwall, -Injgehesai^we-V-er
'Sjiaaee, being naoflljrta plain’lebtfrstiyqj does
larity of- feature ; and the hfee&es'? o f . the G e » fa i)^ ;jm !<i’.PyrBneg5 -have
been lifitk./exp£rffied(y.>by. tEa9s!ters,i''wbo;i,paffiH^jt0 ' tbeuehidfflshies
'gsmefiSHy fee.only th e ' mofenaniatfifaMsigt*parts js f thq'pbunteyy, I$ven
Jlaetagiie, it is .’prabpbiejf -may prefent many fii^ufaritas/r-which itoa-y
have ieJSapted the attention o f theidfeestch thernfehfesf wh® dtfenfett&p..
pear to be much imprefled with fuch obje&s. !SI>e^lMate'lh ^ y » e r
commemorated •with fome "attdnitipn \
Erance, as in othgP oountFieS^ pr^ht^thtmf&lvbS'ihjlffiM^risu^^beks.
©a© near the village of Beaume, about fix leagues from Befanqon, is
remarkable5- from its txmtarhiqgf a ^ g& ieb ; > and» it Wa§ ^felHalouffy ^reported
' that' th e "ice increafed during the fummer, hn:drdknkwfhh£hita.-^he
•wipter, till reheat ;®bfermtions'evitteedl asi'M'as.tOtbe^'p^pffi^ed^t^te contra
ry pqfltiora.t'n; This cav^ris aMhe fehaE^\jidtej^S^ghe
Sni§|l <^|a t^efc, fc®®ft* The; month, w h k b iis level withftihertMI®^ is
§3rty-fiy.e jfc lt b ro a d ; and after a.'long and Asep.3a£iefi^ aj^l^fcsta trail
o f ippYeet high, wKenpb*there is, ^:pairag6 to.'ths'jefeauab&r'J'oofo^^Eng
the glacier, thpj dcftesnt to w hich is. by? a ladder fcdiiqjbv feet- • Isn th is
triangular; cayera ate yaft,‘ilala<3ites SfrlfeHcHce, which -are ifisua^risnes
n e tfly ’Jeined, b y pillars, o f the feme material,, rifi»gaffo.m r^in&gnifiiJghE
pedeftaKon the flooryr '-While ■tBe,TbiermQmet®‘l©£'' Reaumur; figped
y d ^ ^ l ^ ^ s a t i a il degrees and £ Mlf,- it'fcertftfdi-tQ e$fc$&i#§*ti^rfee
quarters. T h is p h 3enomehan»unayiffe partly owSa^ptgf the dire£t?0n 1of
the aperture, o f the c»\fe, which foont-sitheUiiorth. 1
The'noted wonders, of Dauphin© comprife^hany Alpi&b'f^ktieli. plh
department o f Ardebhe, onfthfe other fid e of*the RhWek ^SfeS^Sfel
natural euriofities, fuch as th e bridge o f rock, -under .WMfeh -.the- river
^ ti^ e lh e phCes, near the,village ^ Cham6s'| : the grottoes of Vallon, the
jpdph with,-many ifinguiar tfefdtic columns^
apd what thohronch authors ftyje craters o f volcanoes»?4';
1 Journ. des Mines, xxi. 65. * Ibid. Apn. vi. p. 6,2(5.
B IÜ
The Mesiairotind' Filiftcfedhre % fikah, hhfl ühiwpött&hf, tb if tlh’éy
wodld'^csrèfel^ be defé^iagS lóf fj&öèey w é ririf -ê ë l ffef èVéS6s' tfiSt
’ }M# taked-plSSl'B W.1^ ffes rthk Tkë ifièi ótc'ferïï&i ftMfï hoivéveï Bë
eke¥pt#<#,’ iriWühtinlftf’ Fóflwre^Sfefe# f e& p lïf fef-'fffe T r^ è ^ èW itb ry .5
Fï&m? 'thê^dbffilïii&rfhf' tfr}.s. iflë p'afFed rfrfdhf" th a t W ‘ RöYhf,
ihdWfe hSh'fóffle thhêjOT^ël^ckHie » S tr é k s 'b T $frfeèf.* lh thé W&iê
‘ fhsS 6nAdWr-ÏÖ<^is ‘dfligl-ïè® tfie ?ê^SS]i8Jb f Y ffi, é h d '^ 4^ dft'éf-
c0flqtefi©l;''b f ‘ ïn**#7^S t&e'mSl^téifti^ej&Öêd
^®-j!®*lêotfeUiy^te|. a«di-iÉr®le?h. fdf- :th$Sb
Alw w phV iueflB$l?id» ffefti§gi^iCkrfrieffm^^d||i<l^j ti|^ R^h!Éi# > Whb
contijUiiq' to m linUih- u ï s l t y . The Rl’omans’ did not cêr-
ui’Btl^pghry^lt'Oni this Ff and, ^vqhen thej u /a s a .p jj& jo f
txil'cy .4 a ^ ^C 0 rd jn g ..jifela ' uvrderiii.'hrencla. g'f^S^bc^uVi'tht iiir‘ of
(Id rfi^ d sK ic k ^tjie: tc rritfi^ fu jh of mountains, of
lifle;-fertility, and ïüf^ulu}, ^ y T\ alli.es, n e y u th ch l pioduce torn
antl'thq 1^1} s wine, fi uit ^ ’a.ijid|a|aadhds,.’’' s p hm account Teams'
n t e f e r d - k c i g S t ' t h e in England^ whodweli
tlffi ad^jn^aVb.of tBis-i^.qtd’; b y t it||^ ppoliaWcitlia^tai, they afferfi/fmali
t ei^EufL^ye;i -maf be found, ab<|||tliat- th ë monijfains mav- aflord
£raH^Mmhp|S<rvi^i afpt t; &c,iwhfeh htowtv a abouud in the Highhuds.
of'S^tJ^nd.
TliuT iB B a te d ■Hy&fês.tneauT®iifon.. have, been emiallv magnif^ih'by
a fcnjak ,taay:cllcr. l^ar.^o u h g i^Pfrm s U'i tliat thcy.iiavjéa barren and''
nakcci^appearance, and qnly prefent | | bi6', p,él^n.chpl)y|pihes,iS They
bcm.^ m o n t^ n foiïie-bo£anic lichts, and may claiïqUlf^amfi o f being
Ilomcf’^Jflproi Calypfo.
Onyhe wOftern^öaft firft oegrus thé ille ofvOlërQh^lboïït fourteen ‘
miHi5®Êg(by|wo Broads ce|ébratèd for a.eqde^of ’maritiniedaws ifiired
hy Richard. I, kingp^EngJarid, pfwhofe Errk^h' territ°ry |th is ifle cqn- ;
ftiW S ^ p o rtio E U . To th e R | ï ^ | |q ^ |^ C q f Ré,|öppöfite Rpfe|if[e3
. ^ H f o t ad\exp©^ifion of the Englifh in th e |'fe ^ te& n th ^éöjt{ky,i deT ’
fc rjjg g b yLo rd ife rb e rt o f Gherbury. Yeu;is,a fmdl.1 andT-nfignificant
ifle,,fêllhvyed by Noirmou|iët,; wh ich hecathe remarïkhlean the war 'b fy
La Vepdeé, being about eight miles long and two in- breadth.' Bellifle
15 L a Croix, i. y2S. , 15 France, i. ip^.
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