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On the south, particularly at the east end, the shore is rocky, often rising abruptly from the water's edge. The Rhone River, which enters the eastern extremity of the lake a turbid, muddy stream, issues from the southwestern end completely purified and clear. Through deposition the lake has, over a period of centuries, contracted considerably in the east, leaving lakeside villages several miles inland. Peculiar phenomena associated with the Lake of Geneva are the so-called seiches, or sudden fluctuations in the level of the water, attributed to abrupt alterations in local atmospheric pressure; these waves may run either from one end of the lake to the other or may cross it between the north and south shores. The name Lake Leman is favored by the inhabitants of the town Lake of Lausanne and the canton of Vaud.

Bled is one of the few places in Yugoslavia that hardly needs an introduction to American travelers, for it is already widely known as the country's most de-luxe lake resort and as Yugoslavia's "summer capital," being the place of Marshal Tito's summer residence. It is as lovely to the eye as any lake town Lake of Switzerland or Austria and its lake, fed by warm springs, is at least as warm for bathing as are the most favored of the Carinthian lakes. Bled is served by half a dozen or more good hotels, the Grand Hotel Toplice, with a thermal-spring swimming pool and every other amenity, being easily the leader. Near the town Lake is an airport where 3-passenger air taxis may be hired, for flights to Ljubljana, Zagreb and other cities.

These may call at all of the ports of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan. It is quite possible that some of these ports, almost in the middle of a great continent, may develop into some of the greatest shipping terminals of the world.