Wonders

"I have seen the mountains of La Valais, and the Pays do Vaud: but this country, Victor, pleases me more than all those wonders" (Shelley, 113).

La Vais and the Pays do Vaud are both very majestic mountains in Switzerland. The character is using these mountains to show the reader that he was even more impressed with the new setting. This helps the reader understand the emotions that the characters are feeling when authors, such as Shelley, use this technique.