Addison, Joseph: Remarks on several parts of Italy: &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703 (London: Tonson, 1718)

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BEAR St. 'Julian in Savoy the
Alps begin to enlarge them-
selves on all lides, and open
into avail: Circuit of Ground,
which in Respefl: of the o-
ther Parts of the Alps may pass fora plain
•Champion Country. This Extent of
Lands,with the Leman Lake, would make
one of the prettiest and most defenlible
Dominions in Europe was it all thrown
into a single State, and had Geneva for
its Metropolis. But there are Three
powersul Neighbours who divide among
them the greatest part of this fruitful
Country. The Duke of Savoy has the
Chablais3 and all the Fields that lye be-
yond the Arve, as far as to the Eclufe.
The King of France is Matter of the
whole Country of Gex 5 and the Canton of
Ben