But it has never been rung,
for it was cracked in the side when it was being made. It is nearly
twenty feet high, and is now used as a chapel.
[Illustration: The Great Bell at Moscow.]
The next largest bell in the world is also in Moscow. This bell is
hung up in a church; and when they ring it, the sound is heard all over
the city like the rolling of thunder.
SWITZERLAND.
Switzerland is a land of mountains and hills and valleys and beautiful
lakes and streams. Every year many people go from all parts of the
world to see the beautiful Swiss mountains and valleys.
Sometimes large masses of snow and ice, mixed with earth, fall or slide
down the sides of the mountains with a loud crash. As they slide, they
tear away rocks and trees, and bury houses and villages beneath them.
These masses of snow and ice are called avalanches.
[Illustration: An Avalanche.]
Snow falls all the year round on the tops of the mountains in
Switzerland. As the snow falls, it packs down hard and changes into
ice. At last it becomes a great mass of ice, and slides very slowly
down the sides of the mountains into the valleys. These masses of ice
are called glaciers.
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