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Geneva and the Lake. 349
Republick of Geneva. I have feen Pam-
pers six’d up in the Canton of Bern., with
this magnificent Preface 5 Whereas we
have been informed of several Abufes com-
mitted in our Ports and Harbours on the
Lake, See.
I made a little Voyage round the Lake,
and touch’d on the several Towns that
lye on its Coasts, which took up near
Five Days, tho’ the Wind was pretty
fair for us all the while.
The Right Side of the Lake from
Geneva belongs to the Duke of Savoy, and
is extreamly well cultivated. The great-
est Entertainment we found in coasting
it were the several Prospedts of Woods,
Vineyards, Meadows, and Corn-Fields
which lye on the Borders of it, and run
up all the Sides of the Alps, where the
Barrenness of the Rocks, or the Steep-
ness of the Ascent will suffer them.
The Wine however on this side of the
Lake is by no means so good as that
on the other, as it has not so open a Soil,
and is less expos’d to the Suh. We here
pass’d by Xvoire, where the Duke keeps his
Gallies, and lodg’d at I'onon, which is the
greatest Town on the Lake belonging to
the Savoyard. It has Four Convents,
and they say about six or seven Thou-
sand Inhabitants. The Lake is here about
Twelve Miles in Breadth. At a little
Distance
Republick of Geneva. I have feen Pam-
pers six’d up in the Canton of Bern., with
this magnificent Preface 5 Whereas we
have been informed of several Abufes com-
mitted in our Ports and Harbours on the
Lake, See.
I made a little Voyage round the Lake,
and touch’d on the several Towns that
lye on its Coasts, which took up near
Five Days, tho’ the Wind was pretty
fair for us all the while.
The Right Side of the Lake from
Geneva belongs to the Duke of Savoy, and
is extreamly well cultivated. The great-
est Entertainment we found in coasting
it were the several Prospedts of Woods,
Vineyards, Meadows, and Corn-Fields
which lye on the Borders of it, and run
up all the Sides of the Alps, where the
Barrenness of the Rocks, or the Steep-
ness of the Ascent will suffer them.
The Wine however on this side of the
Lake is by no means so good as that
on the other, as it has not so open a Soil,
and is less expos’d to the Suh. We here
pass’d by Xvoire, where the Duke keeps his
Gallies, and lodg’d at I'onon, which is the
greatest Town on the Lake belonging to
the Savoyard. It has Four Convents,
and they say about six or seven Thou-
sand Inhabitants. The Lake is here about
Twelve Miles in Breadth. At a little
Distance