This law of formation is
not universal; for the _montagnes_ of Rolle and S. Livres are called the
_Pre de Rolle_ and the _Pre de S. Livres_, while the _Fruitiere de Nyon_
is the rich upland possession of the town of that name.]
[Footnote 2: Probably a relic of the time when the earlier Barons of
Coppet possessed this district. The families of Grandson, Lesdiguieres,
and Dohna successively held the barony; and in later times the title _de
Coppet_ hid a name more widely known, for on the Chalet of _Les
Biolles_, some distance to the east of La Baronne, the name of _Auguste
de Stael de Holstein de Coppet_ is carved, after the fashion of Swiss
chalets. This was Madame de Stael's son, who built Biolles in 1817; it
was afterwards sold to the commune of Nyon, and finally purchased by
Arzier two or three years ago.]
[Footnote 3: 'Cornhill Magazine,' June 1863, 'How we slept at the Chalet
des Chevres.']
[Footnote 4: This is only a guess, made from a comparison with the
ascertained heights of neighbouring points.]
[Footnote 5: The patois of Vaud has a prettier name for this kind of
stone--_le sex_ (or _scex) qui plliau_, the weeping-stone.
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