See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

LAKE OF See also:

• THUN (Fr. Thoune)
• LAKE OF THUN

THUN  , in the Swiss See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

canton of See also:

• BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern, the second See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake (the first being that of See also:

• BRIENZ, LAKE OF

Brienz) into which the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• AAR, or AARE

Aar (q.v.) expands . It lies in a deep hollow between (N.W.) the See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• THUN (Fr. Thoune)
• THUN, LAKE OF

Thun (q.v.) and (E.) the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain on which See also:

• INTERLAKEN

Interlaken (q.v.) is built between this lake and that of Brienz . It is 112 m. in length, 2 m. in width, and its maximum See also:

• DEPTH

depth is 712 ft., while its See also:

• AREA

area is 182 sq. m., and its See also:

• SURFACE

surface is 1837 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . Most splendid views of the See also:

• GREAT

great snowy peaks of the Bernese Ober-See also:

• LAND

land range are obtained from the lake, while the beauty of its shores renders it a formidable See also:

• RIVAL

rival in point of picturesqueness to the Lake of See also:

• LUCERNE
• LUCERNE (Ger. Luzern; Ital. Lucerne)
• LUCERNE, LAKE OF
• LUCERNE, PURPLE MEDICK

Lucerne . Its See also:

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

chief feeder is the Kander (swollen shortly before by the Simme), which in 1714 was diverted by a See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal into the lake (See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western end) . On or above the south-western See also:

• SHORE

shore (along which runs the railway from Thun to Interlaken, 172 m.) are Spiez (a picturesque See also:

• VILLAGE

village with an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, and the starting-point of See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways towards the Gemmi and See also:

• MONTREUX

Montreux) and Aeschi (admirably situated on a high See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge) . On the other shore of the lake are Oberhofen and Gunten(above which is Sigriswil), and Merligen, while above the lake, near its See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east end, are the wooded heights of St Beatenberg, well known to summer visitors . The first steamer was placed on the lake in 1835 . " (W . A . B .