At half-past one we landed at Villeneuve, where we had to wait for about an hour for the train, and then proceeded on our journey up the Valley of the rhone.
"An Impromptu Ascent of Mont Blanc"
W. H. Le Mesurier
A well-known example of this phenomenon is that of the rhone, which enters the Lake of Geneva turbid and muddy, but rushes out quite clear at the lower end of the lake.
"Geology"
James Geikie
He spent many of his free evenings at the theatre, and wrote a musical comedy, "The Rose of the rhone," which was acted with some success.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh