ADVERTISEMENT.
Previous to entering 07i the contents qf the present pubUcatioJi, which is intended to give
an accurate description, zvilh a relative and geographical situation, of the route xvhich leads
from Lyons to Italy, through the Comté de Bresse, Pays-de-Vaud, the Valíais, extending
also across the Monts St. Bernard, Sitnplon, and St. Gothard, the author thi^iks it may not be
improper to observe, that as the passages across those mountaim, zohich are some of the most
elevated peaks qf the Alps, have of late been more frequented than formerly, owing, in a great
measure, to the ci'uel and afflicting -oar which has unfortunately involved all Euro¡)e, and
placed, as it we7'e, by its ravages, bisiirmountable barrieis to most of the other passages
zohich lead to Italy, he flatters himself that such a narrative as he has prepared, accompanied
by his pencil, zvlll not fail of being acceptable to those zoho have already made the
same route, and may probably excite in others a desire of exploring this regioii of the Alps.
Diffident, kozoever, of his abilities, the Public will surely not condemn him for having, in
order to enrich and strengthai his observations, noxo and then been led to avail himself
of the hints of those eminent naturalists, who still contijiuc to merit and obtain the approbation
of scientific men in general, as Messrs. de Saussure, De Luc, Pictet, and others.
This Itinerary zoill not only have the advantage of serving as a continuation to the
Maritime Alps, but as a supplement or.fijiish to a zvork published ten years ago by the same
author, before he came into Engla7id, entitled Voyage Pittoresque aux Alpes Pennines,"
and translated in this country, in 1794, zvithout his knowledge. Vide the Monthly Review
for May, 1794, page 183.
That publication, or rather abridgemait, gave but a short and cmcise description of the
route from Genc'va to the glaciers of Fazicigni in Savoy, includijig the left bank of the
Lake Leman, or Lake of Geneva j zchereas, this is intended to take in the opposite side of the
sajne lake, tracing the course of the Rhône and the whole of the glaciers north-east of Mont
Blanc; so that these tzvo works may be said to comprehend a complete, and, it is hoped, accurate
collection of observations and viezos of the viost interesting objects, from Lyons to the city
of A ¿isla in Piedmont, not excluding the great and majestic glaciers zvhich cover the basis of
Mont Blanc, to the fertile hills of the Pays-de-Vaud.
The above explanation may probably be found perfectly useless by those who have read the
authors Maritime Alps, ÍTc; ; bzit to persons who have mt, it zvas thought proper to account
for the abrupt manner in zvhich the following description begins.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. II.
J OF LYONS. DEPART I THAT CITY.
CHAP. III.
ROAD FROM LYONS TO NANTUA.
CHAP. IV.
NANTUA AND ITS ENVIRONS. PERTE OF THE RHONE. CHATEAV OF FERNEY.
ARRIVAL AT GENEVA.
CHAP. V.
GENERAL IDEAS ON THE ORIGIN OF GENEVA.
ITS SITUATION, FORM OF GOVERNMENT, INTERNAL COMMOTIONS, AND
OBSERV I NATURAL HISTORY OF ITS ENVIRONS.
CHAP. VI.
GENEVA IN CONTINUATION. REMAINDER OF ITS HISTORY.
ACCOUNT OF ITS CITY AND LAKE.
CHAP. VII.
ROAD PROM GENEVA TO LAUSANNE.
CHAP. VIII.
LAUSANNE IN CONTINUATION, INCLUDING ITS ENVIRONS, WHICH SKIRT THE EAST
ERN EXTREMITY OP THE LAKE OF GENEVA.
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