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

Geneva and the Lake.
and dy’d with an extraordinary Repu-
tation of Sanstity.
At Tonon they {howed us a Fountain
of Water that is in great Estcem for its
Wholesomness. They say it weighs
Two Ounces in a Pound less than the
same Measureof the Lake Water, not-
withstanding this last is very good to
Drink, and as clear as can be imagined.
A little above Tenon is a Castle and sinal!
Garrison. The next Day we law other
small Towns on the Coast of Sa-
voy^ where there is nothing but Misery
and Poverty. The nearer you come to
the End of the Lake the Mountains on
each fide grow thicker and higher, ’till
at last they almost meet. One often sees
on the Tops of the Mountains several
(harp Rocks that stand above the rest;
for as these Mountains have been doubt-
less much higher than they are at pre-
sent, the Rains have wained away a-
bundance of the Soil, that has left the
Veins of Stone {hooting out of them ;
as in a decay’d Body the Flesh is still
shrinking from the Bones. The Natu-
ral Histories of Switzerland talk very
much of the Fall of these Rocks, and
the great Damage they have sometime§
done, when their Foundations have been
mouldered with Age, or rent by an
Earthquake. We saw in several'Parts
of