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Having thus shown, that the Rhône had in the course of time hollowed out its way from the central mountain of the St. Gothard through the extensive valley of the Vallais we may still further trace the marks of its operation in the more open country towards the lake. It is an observation which M. de Saussure made in his way from the valley of the Rhône to Geneva.
«Quand nous nous sommes trouvé sur ces points élevés, nous avons toujours considéré le total des montagnes prises ensemble, leurs situations respectives, les unes par rapport aux autres; afin de reconnoître, s'il y avoit quelque chose de constant dans leurs position; rien n'est plus varié. Dans la grande chaîne de montagnes qui sépare le canton de Berne du Vallais d'un côté, et les Alpes qui séparent le Vallais de la Savoie de l'autre, en considérant le course du Rhône sous differens points de vue, on n'a point vu que les angles saillans de ces très hautes montagnes fussent opposés aux angles rentrans des montagnes qui sont vis-
In the second room the hermit had a small organ. I seated myself at it; and to make the row more riotous I played as well as I was able. The laughter and the racket did not cease till morning broke. I remember visiting a hermit in 1868 who lived on a ledge in the cliff above S. Maurice in the Vallais, where was a cave that had been occupied by the repentant Burgundian King Sigismund.
If we are allowed to make this step, which I think can hardly be refused, we may proceed to enlarge our view, by comprehending, first, the Vallais of the Rhône, secondly, the countries of the Seine and Rhône, above the mountains through which those two rivers in conjunction have broke, below Lyons; and, lastly, that country of the Rhône and Durance which is almost inclosed by the surrounding mountains, meeting at the mouth of the Rhône.
Maurice, about three leagues, there is a most interesting valley of the Rhône, through which this river makes its way from the Vallais, or great valley above, among those mountains which seem to have shut up the Vallais, and through which the river must pass in running to the lake.
Ignorance of the most common objects is not only incident to certain situations, but absolutely unavoidable; and the individuals placed in those situations are no more blameable than they would be for becoming blind in the snows of Lapland, or for having goitres amongst the Cretins of Le Vallais.
«Avant de pénétrer dans le Vallais, il convient d'en donner une idée générale: il forme cette partie des Alpes connue sous le nom d'Alpes Pennines; il contient non-seulement les plus hautes montagnes des Alpes, mais encore la plus longue vallée qui il y ait en Europe, puis qu'elle a trente-quatre lieues depuis Saint-Maurice jusqu'
Henceforth, let my readers, whenever they enjoy their muscatels out of the grape-house at home, or sip Moscada Toscana in Italy, or Muscat in La Vallais, give a kindly thought to that much-tried but never downcast monarch.
At last, on January 12, 1811, Russia asserted her independence in fiscal matters by an order which declared her ports open to all vessels sailing under a neutral flag, and imposed a duty on many French products. Still the course of French annexation crept onwards, and quietly absorbed the republic of Vallais in Switzerland, which had been a great centre of smuggling.
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