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

3^o Geneva and the Lake.
stone that run under the Lake. When
the Water is at lowest they make with-
in the Borders of it a little Square en-
closed with Four Walls. In this Square
they sink a Pit, and dig for Freestone;
the Walls hindering the Waters from
coming in upon them, when the Lake
rises and runs on all Sides of them. The
great Convenience of Carriage makes
thefe Stones much cheaper than any
that can be found upon firm Land.
One sees several deep Pits that have been
made at several times as one sails over
them. As the Lake approaches Geneva
it grows still narrower and narrower,
’till at last it changes its Name into the
Rhone., that turns all the Mills of the
Town, and is extremely rapid, notwith-
slanding its Waters are very deep. As
I have- seen a great Part of the Courfe
of this River, I cannot but think it has
been guided by the particular Hand of
Providence. It rises in the very Heart
of the Alps, and has a long Valley that
teems hewn out on purpose to give its
Waters a Passage amidst so many Rocks
and Mountains which are on all Sides
of it. This brings it almost in a dired:
Line to Geneva. It would there over-
ssow all the Country, were there not
one particular Cleft that divides a vast
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