XI.--VILLENEUVE, 148

XII.--THE CASTLE OF CHILLON, 155

XIII.--PLAN FORMED, 171

XIV.--WALK TO AIGLE, 179

XV.--THE JEWELRY, 197

XVI.--A FORTUNATE ACCIDENT, 209

ENGRAVINGS.

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THE CASTLE OF CHILLON, (Frontispiece.)

THE GREAT NET, 30

GOING THROUGH THE VILLAGE, 46

VIEW OF GENEVA, 58

THE WATER WHEEL, 100

FISHING, 104

GOING TO TAKE A SAIL, 132

THE DUNGEONS OF CHILLON, 161

THE BASKET RIDE, 185

SHOPPING AT GENEVA, 203

ROLLO IN GENEVA.

CHAPTER I.

THE FAME OF GENEVA.

Geneva is one of the most remarkable and most celebrated cities in
Europe. It derives its celebrity, however, not so much from its size, or
from the magnificence of its edifices, as from the peculiar beauty of
its situation, and from the circumstances of its history.

Geneva is situated upon the confines of France, Switzerland, and
Sardinia, at the outlet of the Lake of Geneva, which is perhaps the most
beautiful, and certainly the most celebrated, lake in Switzerland. It is
shaped like a crescent,--that is, like the new moon, or rather like the
moon after it is about four or five days old. The lower end of the
lake--that is, the end where Geneva is situated--lies in a comparatively
open country, though vast ranges of lofty mountains, some of them
covered with perpetual snow, are to be seen in the distance all around.
All the country near, however, at this end of the lake, is gently
undulating, and it is extremely fertile and beautiful. There are a great
many elegant country seats along the shore of the lake, and on the banks
of the River Rhone, which flows out of it. The waters of the lake at
this end, and of the river which issues from it, are very clear, and of
a deep and bea