William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge

“ It is mainly made up of the river-basins of the Arve (flowing along the northern foot of the Mont Blanc range, and receiving the Giffre, on the right, and the Borne and Foron, on the left—the Arve joins the Rhone, close to Geneva) , of the Dranse (with several branches, all flowing into the Lake of Geneva) , of the Usses and of the Fier (both flowing direct into the Rhone, the latter after forming the Lake of Annecy) . The upper course of the Arly is also in the department, but the river then leaves it to fall into the Isère. The whole of the department is mountainous. ”

“ There are also a number of mineral springs, only three of which are known to foreigners—the chalybeate waters of Évian and Amphion, close to each other on the south shore of the Lake of Geneva, and the chalybeate and sulphurous waters of St Gervais, at the north-west end of the chain of Mont Blanc. ”