MORGES, a handsome and rich town of Switzerland, in the canton of Bern, and capital of a bailiwick, with a castle where the bailiff resides. It is a place of some trade on account of a canal, from which they transport merchandizes from the lake of Geneva to other parts. There is a fine prospect from it, and it is seated on the lake of Geneva, five miles from Lausanne. E. Long. 6. 42. N. Lat. 46. 29.
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