MAGGIORE, LAKE OF, a beautiful lake, situated on the confines of Switzerland and Italy, on the south side of the Alps. It is about 50 miles long and 4 or 5 miles broad, and is bent into a very irregular figure. Its height above the level of the sea, according to Count Moroso, is 732 feet. Its greatest known depth is 1800 feet. It receives the waters of the Tesino, Magia, and other rivers from the surrounding mountains. There are several islands in it, and two of these, called the Borromean islands, which have been beautified with gardens and buildings at a great expence, are much admired by travellers.