. Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers. Enql .MciUn. COITET. fiO. Route 189 Klimir has, however, Riadiially (ill((| ii|i this part of the lake,and the alluvial soil thus Ibiined daily increases in extent. The Lake of Gonova fliOcrs from Uic other Swiss hikes in its deep Miiec()h)ur, most of tlie other lakes beinj; of a greenish hue. This blue tint isascribed by Sir Humphrey Davy (wlio lived some years and died at Ge-neva), to the presence of iodine; the Swiss naturalists, however, do nottake this view. There are 21 diflcrent kinds of fis
. Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers. Enql .MciUn. COITET. fiO. Route 189 Klimir has, however, Riadiially (ill((| ii|i this part of the lake,and the alluvial soil thus Ibiined daily increases in extent. The Lake of Gonova fliOcrs from Uic other Swiss hikes in its deep Miiec()h)ur, most of tlie other lakes beinj; of a greenish hue. This blue tint isascribed by Sir Humphrey Davy (wlio lived some years and died at Ge-neva), to the presence of iodine; the Swiss naturalists, however, do nottake this view. There are 21 diflcrent kinds of fish in the lake, the mostabunilant and highly esteemed of which arc the Fcrraz. The navifiation ofthe lake is inconsiderable, but there are many vessels of 190 tons ; thegraceful lateen sail, rarely seen except at Leghorn and on the Scottish lakes(where they arc termed goosc-winjis), is here employed, and has a verypicturesque appearance. On the banks are seen the sweet and wild chest-nut, the walnut, the magnolia in great luxuriance, also the cedar of1,1 banon, and the vine. The Lake of Geneva, like that
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