ADVERTISEMENT.

most of the other passages which lead to Italy , he flatters himself that such a narrative ashe has prepared, accompanied by his pencil, will not fail of being acceptable to thosewho have already made the same route, and may probably excite in others a desire ofexploring this region of the Alps.

Diffident, however, of his abilities, the Public will surely not condemn him for having,in order to enrich and strengthen his observations, now and then been led to avail him-self of the hints of those eminent naturalists, who still continue to merit and obtain theapprobation of scientific men in general, as Messrs, de Saussure, De Luc, Pictet, andothers,

This Itinerary will not only have the advantage of serving as a continuation to theMaritime Alps, but as a supplement or finish to a work published ten years ago by thesame author, before he came into England, entitled “ Voyage Pittoresque aux AlpesPennine*” and translated in this country, in 1794, without his knowledge. Vide theMonthly Review for May, 1794, page 183.

That publication, or rather abridgement, gave but a short and concise description ofthe route from Geneva to the glaciers of Faucigni in Savoy, including the left bank of theLake Leman, or Lake of Geneva ; whereas, this is intended to take in the opposite side ofthe same lake, tracing the course of the Rhone and the whole of the glaciers north-eastof Mont Blanc ; so that these two works may be said to comprehend a complete, and, itis hoped, accurate collection of observations and views of the most interesting objects,from Lyons to the city of Aosta in Piedmont, not excluding the great and majesticglaciers which cover the basis of Mont Blanc, to the fertile hills of the Pays-de-Vaud .

The above explanation may probably be found perfectly useless by those who have readthe author’s Maritime Alps, &c.; but to persons who have not, it was thought proper toaccount for the abrupt manner in which the following description begins.