It is a picturesque expanse, framed in lofty crags in large strata, encrusted with white salt--a superb sheet of water, which was formerly of larger extent than now, its shores having encroached with the lapse of time, and thus at once reduced its breadth and increased its depth.
Lac admirable, encadré de belles roches sauvages, à larges assises, encroûtées de sel blanc, superbe nappe d'eau qui couvrait autrefois un espace plus considérable ; mais avec le temps, ses bords, montant peu à peu, ont réduit sa superficie en accroissant sa profondeur.