| Show the inundation in france the tiie inundations which have just caused such extensive calamities in the departments of the gouth couth naturally direct attention to the question connected wilh with the of some of the great rivers of france the rhone I 1 alich stand stands in iti tile the first rank rises in switzerland at tit tha the foot fool of mont mout furca in tho the canton of ofsha iho valis valdia the whole of which it traverses it has its rise from three different springs and forms itself a very irregular bed among rocks and innumerable glaciers it afterwards falls falla over au an immense precipice near the chapel st nicholas into the small plain of mer merwald wald waid where here it receives several tributary a ry Sr creams s reams eams source as far as Martir Mar gny gay a town situated at the commencement comen cement of the great yi t brnard dnard B road and which was almost destroyed by the terrible terni terri bli inundation of 1818 the rhone follows follow sa a southwestern course Ata at a short dis tanca from matlo Matio gny it suddenly turns to the end after passing through a narrow gurge gorge throws itself by two branches into the lake of geneva laneva and at about 12 miles further farther en on enters tut tui french freach territory near the fort delecluse and forms tho the fronti frontier dr between france franca and savoy the river in ordinary times is not more than ihan 12 feet wide at oberwald aberwald Ob erwald above tile tha lake of go e navail neva neya it is yard on leaving the lake and at its con cou confluence fluence with the arve it is 88 varda yards vide wide and oil on catering france yards from its source to the fort de do lecluse its fall is 1496 birdi the rhone after quitting quilting switzerland runs toward lyons and on passing through the like lake of 0 geneva is hern hemmed ined ia in on its right bauk bank as tar far as below belov cessar f len ler by the s sopea slopes of the J jurd ura and oa on the left bank as eta far as its conal confluence bence v i ita the tha by the Mon Alon aux baches in savoy between anu aim Genis seat it runs t trough a narrow defile about 12 in length after Genis seat the moun mountains retire from the of the dimir ri er until lie ile ner r vienne where they egan again approach ill it tind and continue so until its confluence with tile the ardecie on the right add arid the I 1 dj alceon a nce nee 0 n the left after tills this the banks become lower tho the rhone falls into mediterranean after a total couise course of 80 5 about miles nii nil les ies it is navigable for about miles its principal tributaries tributa rles ries on the ibe right kilk bink are the ain the tile sa one otie the tiie ardecie Ard eche echel tile ceze and the gard aud oil on ilie the uit sij sit uie uio guler guier I 1 0 e o isare and the durance darance Dura uce nce tile etione cde cue oie of the larg st rivas in ill france rises in the tile department of the ip ile ilo the lie ar bement of mirt miri nii Alf court it tru traverses verses tile the departments part ments of tile the haute ettone saone the cote dor and sooae cl ot lire lime L lie ire ime bep sep araps those of the R ono onn and A am in and il Is ls ato tie cie t ie ram raw at oyt lyons L oils alter after a course ot of about antles anil s As far as its con fluence flunce with wrin the bignon it a narrow valley it bec becomes onles onies navigable nam nan gable galle below gray and at about this point the situation of the cou country changes the valley widens on its left jell bank while 0 i the thi right tight it is skirt d b by tle taw topes lopes dopes of the tho h arru dicu a I 1 mi 0 tild 1110 ali i ca C ts t s 6 col coi dind eind n d of 0 the charol charolia Cha rodia ils ais the priti cip 1 I of the boue bone are the douba and gitlia on oil lle ile lie tile ift lit I ft and tile llie ouche auche aud the on ou tile right the question ol 01 tile the overflow of the rhone and ai d if 11 e saono has lias for a long time occupied serious attention without enter ente r ig ing into nto theeb the raum tu which may benfred be der v i d brorn arr n fl tile le laws of c it is g to k know now tile tiie opinion oil on tills tins sunjy subject ct of V 1 uban olle one of 0 tile tiie most celebrated men inen that fiance france ever exer pos hessed 8 ased this superior engineer on beine being consul ted tid by louis loun XIV ou on the question of tiie the overflow I 1 of overs gave it as hir his opinion t that h at 3 i most I 1 eft cical nii nit nitis rii is to he ie recurrence of inundation inundation un ii s to alwa aiwas a keep keel in ia a good goj god stae state the tiie depth ario atio u illi lili 1111 m i of tile the beds of rivers and str sr ains I 1 colbert pc p T c 1 aed iod u by this idea and soine 3 ean eam after issued an edict chich obliged province governor governors to keep tile lile beds of rivers and streams perfectly cear and in good order and there sin SIM si 1 exists a celebrated dec decree re issued ay 6 the ol 01 dijou I 1 jon jou in in 1 1698 CDS which inch condemned the administration I 1 of tile the rivers and alid forets fore ats of burgundy to a fine odd golo cro clo crovi crove ns is for the benefit of the hospitals for having to clear out the bed bod bf ibe the jaoue and for lavin allowed it to 0 o get narrower in some places cheze gifts now posses great interest and ild lid it would atwould be curious tops topE certain tince 1 the end of tile tiie eighteenth century the nar narrowing roning i of the he beds of rivers has not had bad a very powerful influence iii ill causing there thore the pleated repeated inundations journal Jo urnald da cher Itis it is calculated that ont out of or the eighty four departments part ments of france something like fifty have beten breen more inore or less loss addicted by the inundation igor of N Y herald parts pari i june J une 12 it la 23 asil bo mated that persons persona were made houseless hou an und and I 1 jl JOO jeo 00 thrown out of employment by the inar laar ca |
