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BRIENZ, LAKE OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 563 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BRIENZ, LAKE OF

BRIENZ, See also:
LAKE
LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)
LAKE OF , in the Swiss See also:

canton of See also:

BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern, the first lake into which the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

AAR, or AARE

Aar expands. It lies in a deep hollow between the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Brienz on the See also:

east (2580 inhabitants, the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief centre of the Swiss See also:

wood-See also:

CARVING

carving See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry) and, on the See also:

west, Bonigen (1515 inhabitants), See also:

close to See also:

INTERLAKEN

Interlaken. Its length is about 9 m., its width 12 m., and its maximum See also:

DEPTH

depth 856 ft., while its See also:

AREA

area is I I2 sq. m., and the See also:

SURFACE

surface is 1857 ft. above the See also:

sea-level. On the See also:

south See also:

SHORE

shore are the- Giessbach Falls and the See also:

HAMLET

hamlet of Iseltwald. On the See also:

north shore are a few small villages. The See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the lake is gloomy and sad as compared with its See also:

NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour, that of See also:

Thun. Its chief affluent is the Liitschine (flowing from the valleys of See also:

GRINDELWALD

Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen). The first steamer was placed on the lake in 1839. (W. A. B.

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