Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland; in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq; / from William Coxe.

  • William Coxe
Date:
1779
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Credit: Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland; in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq; / from William Coxe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 3<> ] diftingulfh. (what fome travellers have affirmed to be difcernable) the waters of the Rhine from thofe of the lake: though indeed I was before almoft con¬ vinced of the impoffibility. For, the river in its courfe from the fuperior lake, being exadlly of the fame beauti¬ ful greenifh colour as the inferior lake into which it flows it is evident that the one can never be diftinguifhed from the other. Probably, upon its fir ft en¬ trance into the fuperior lake it is trou¬ bled, and confequently, for fome way, its current may eafily be traced: but it purifies by degrees, and becomes an indiftinft part of the great body of water. This lake is confiderably deeper in. fummer than in winter; owing to the firft meltings of the fnow from the neighbouring mountains: it abounds in fifh of all forts, and contains two fpecies, which are peculiar to itfelf, and are taken only three months in the year. 9' Yefterday