FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 73: The true _Cimetiere des Bourguignons_ is the enclosure
where Rene, the victor of Nancy, buried the Burgundians who fell on the
sad Sunday when Charles the Bold went down before the deaf chatelain
Claude de Bagemont.]
[Footnote 74: Neither of my companions, I fear, would have acted as
Sejanus did, when another emperor was in danger of his life in the cave
on the Gulf of Amyclae. (Tacit. Ann. iv. 59.)]
[Footnote 75: Water reduced to a temperature below 32 deg. without
freezing, begins to freeze as soon as a crystal is dropped into it, the
ice forming first on the faces of the crystal.]
[Footnote 76: Water attains its maximum of specific gravity at 40 deg..
Below 40 deg. it becomes lighter.]
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CHAPTER XII.
THE GLACIERES OF THE BREZON, AND THE VALLEY OF REPOSOIR.
The bill _a la Parfaite Union_ was as small as the accommodation at that
_auberge_, and it was an immense relief to get away from the scene of my
sufferings. The path to Bonneville lies for the earlier part of the way
through pleasant scenery; and when the highest ground is reached, there
is a lovely view of the Lake of Geneva, which may be enjoyed under the
cool shade of a high hedge of trees, in the intervals of browsing upon
wild strawberries.
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