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Lakes. ;
Confiance.
Geneva.
Mountains.
Alp«.
which- w aters th é Valtélîffè,' àSïùî falls In ï^ ^ tië -laÊê W Goni^-," Md tlie ,
Tofs and G la tt which jo in the Rhine. " '
. T h e lakés o f Swifleriand 5aré “ nu&ero’us'V^d în té reM n f. ‘‘T h é rtiaft
t f e h j S t f e r i b l e ra c ^W ^ ^ h ftä ii't^ ^Q S i1''ttiëï'Ty. i'n tn e
Sî* W. T h e 1 ib rrh èr ?s ^ S rom -^ ' Britiîh^ïtiïïés 5ra ^ é i% t^ ftï â a ^ n 5^M fe
pfaéës _ i$ ixt' brekfith. T h is be au tifu l^ ë& Â f e '1 o r W a t e ^ l s '^ '^ t n e
Germans aîfo ftylëï?TheT!îbdën>2 !;èëi T b w r u s th é "N. *W, ftJ.S..âiviffêà
.Jtttö ë # o parts, called th e uppe r and the^lpwer lake, tn e i a t t e r o r w n cn ,
eèûtâiùs thtrffls*'of Reichenau. Like all fh ë o t h e r r a n d y
I t is''deeper in th e fumméf" th an in th e w in te r,‘b '^m g ’t b th è m b itib ^ llf
th é FnbWà, and is refnarkahlë fo r producing 'laf^e red tfeiiftV *
T h e lake ' o f 1 G eneva extends in the form b f t a crefcdht, - a b ö lft-^ b
B ritilh miles in le n g th , and n in e àt its g r e â té f t b re a d th .-^T h e beauties
o f th is lake have been ^ lë b ë a të d b y R B u fië p b u t ‘ WèuM: b è h é o ü â èÿ .
ably incifeafed i f i t Were fprinfcled with iftands.
Only a part o f th e lake Maggiöre, or th a t 6 f LOCArnoy isTift^tftJCo-
Swifferland ; b u t th e lake ctf L u g à n ô i f e in S ^ ^ K t é t i f i^ l b èdÿâof >#atêr
in th a t region. T h e lakes o f Neufehdttfel àttd Z'ù-i'ich a r é 'e a p p -aboue
twenty-five miles in length, b y a b o ü tfo u r in breadth. ' Th a t'b fLu c e rn fe
is about fifteen ifrterigihy'atid tbe bFeëdth n ô w h e ré abbvè three.- bîexp
t&thefë are th e lakes o f T h u n and B riên tz ;
Fretich Confines; th é Takes' o f Morat, k n dB ré h n e , *bf Sfetapacby Zug,
W a lle n f ta d tja n d others”o f iôférior'Aiëïè; I d
T h e mountains o f Swifferland are- th e mtoftkèëlèltfà|ed-Tn E u ro p e ;
and are fuppofed to yield in h eight tö none, except thofe^pf South
America, ' which derive th e ir advaritäge from -ftkhding «n-'aft e lSw ed .
"plain; In' a general point- o f view, the- Alps -ë&tër^yrinya kind o f
femicirinllàf Form, from the-igulph o f G e n o a Î .th ro n g b . S wiflbrland,.
w h ich vftmtains th e ir centré :and fijigheft parts ; and elofe ein thé 'G a ïn ïé
Alps on th e N. o f the Adriatic fea. This grand chain o f mountains
has, in ancient and modern times, been divided into-, different pQj^ipns,.
kn ow n by, diftinéb appellations. T h é maritime Alps are thofe which
arife from th e gulph of'Gétt'éa. ' M o n t Genevre, whence fprings1 th e
river Durance, was anciently named th e Alpis Cöttla, from Cottxus
a prince
a prince w h p v ,ref^ e|i ^ feV S ^ ^ -fFM ^ h e r ;tp th è .N . were th é ?AÉpes
©raise, .nowbtjhe KttteiSh nBefn^Tdp.FThe Alpes Penninæ confifted of
She .greavStpIlerriard,S,Mpn(fc’,BIamep'and tire grand.chain.extending on
the Sd©f thè^RlüWe 4fe4 hfesN. o f modern.,Piedmont pf he ë aftern part
beiog^'ai'fo'ftyled the Lfepbntrrte ‘AÎpspffioni'a people who inhabited th a t
rfegiorf-which (g ?v d '1pèïgïrî t b ’th e R h o h ë ‘l&d* Tefincu’ T h e Rhætian
Al^ps" fejltended thrBu^h the k n d Tyrol^ tefrfiihating in' the
g a rn ie , or Julian Alp's.w That^chain wbiefi pfe r|tïë s 'Sw ifle rlan d ;, from
ftioutit Sanèt’z in"thé JS. W. I ^ ^ ^ ^ s '|^ e tipufc ç ^pf,fhè Inn'bnt f ie N. E.
was k n dw fib y the appellation, o f ffie Helvetian, Alps. ’ Some writers
adm it, minute ' ffivifipns/as the 'T ridehtine Alps aboye T r e n t;
and th e Norid Afps^-about the fource p f th e river Tajameato. * T h e
extent o f th is 'vàft courfe o f mountains may be computed a t about c e o
k ’; ' ,ky f y f f ï f :'v w ■ f 1 ■ w > ’ k " ;* *: : !
T h e centyalj p a rt o f this magnificent chain mayrbe 'Cpnfidered^-as
divided into ftw o ridges^ rjm n ip g alnfpâMparallet from 'th e fbftth w e ft to
the-north,,eaft. ; vjThe f i i f t^ d g é .b th a t ofthe.TJelyferian.Alps, o f which'
fummits are th e Gemmi, o r Guemmi, thte
Schelenhorn, the BfumliS; the Geisfhorn, J h e Ju n g fra u ,,b r Virgin ho rn ,
Jbe-Eige»,, the,trem endous Sphreckhorm, o rp e a k o f terror, the G rim fd ’
,fehen F t |r c ^ th e extenfive and. foméwh a t; devious .ridges o f m o u n t St!
C&thardy Tthe Badur, and yhe glaciers Jto^the north, o f the. further
Rhine. O f th is chain ,the St. G o th a rd has been -long cenfidered as one
e f th é principal- fum m i^ jB è c aû fë im portant r b è r f run. from its yïÆaity
ifi every d ire â io n , b u ë Wsi'cijCumftance b f i J o l lT ^ id m i t t e d t o ^ ^ e
for its fuperior ^eighty after t h e J p ^ ^ ^ ^ f & ' f b f 'S a u f f u r e ; and.
a v e rs often., fpring from an incouffcterable-elevation, paffing, in the
bottoms between^high mpuntaît^.. T h è f t â e b m ^ naturafift o f Geneva
has-chiefly c o n f i a i his ohfervations.to the"fouthern chain o f the.-
A lp s ; and the beft account o f 'th e n o rth e rn ^ h a in appears to* be that;
communicated by M. Wyttenhach to Mr. Coxe.: T h e Jungfrau feems-
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