Mountain:
Guemmi.
»the ihotf ■efëv:ilfed' im ö iiit4& # f tSl^ehaiii j^arid t&fhe W<éÖ:< a réd k e iitï-
accëffible peaks called Gtetfoherh of n ; E&fenfUihy > M ittag h o r« , , Groff-
b o rn , Bretthom, N ext in. efevatipn. feem,, to»‘ be « b e -E ig& ^ an ^ th e
Schreckhorn :.:yet fome fuppofe th a t they yield to the Finftdr Aarhorn,
which is only.- aepeffibie from th e Grimfek*- T h e fumihilts'fe^ifjft.of
granite?»; generally,, k i s (behpved, th e w h ite ; a n d (the h d e s difclqf&;red
ila te , and caleareaus maffes* _,jn general th e granite appears >n}, the
fo u th ; and th e calcareous ftfperpofitions o n th e north. T h e ,,m ounta in
n f G u em m i, or the Tw in s, fo called from ifs two fum n u t^ . h a s .h ^ fj
defcribed by. B ourrit. T o th e d o u th are la rg e ^ e f e r ts - a n d g ^ ^ ^ ;iad
o n the north is th e romantic; Jake o f K a n d e j.S ^ ig , whence there is; faid
t o have h e en a paffage to Lauterbruh amid ft fingular glaciers,( fometimes
refembling magical tow n s d fW , w ith . pilaftfes, ‘ pyramids, columns,
and obdifke, refle&klg h tfth e ' fu h s tile mpft M lf iin r h ü e s ^ p f thp
fineft gems. Yet'according to the latter author* this chain is ‘i fM iö F t b
th e fouthern in h e ig h t; as mont Blanc feercfs bhe mafs d f icfe; Vhilfe in
th e northe rn chain th e ice forms th e fmallfeft p a rt. •'
T h e fo u th e rn cham >èf tkëfeèntfal Alps ;fhlhér h é öS g s to th e öM k% f
I td y , th an to Swifferland. It extends from morit Blanc and"4 fóifie
eminences fo rth e r to th e weft, and embraceS th h g r e a t ^ t . Bernard, ‘th e
Weifeh mount Gervin, and mount R ofa. Faffing'to th e n orth o f th é lakes
h f Locarno an d Como, linder the iiames o f Vogelb&g; St. Bernar-
* Sauffilre, vol. v ü .p. 193^ informs lis that Mount T itlis , to the norfh.of M ount Furca, is
io 818 feet above the fe a ; and that the Schneckhom, and .the Finfteraiir, fouth o f the Schreck-
horo, are at icaft 2400 feet higher. I f fo) thefe/fummits are about 13,218 feet, while M o n t
i l a n c i s 14,70.0 Frenciweet:: b y the meafurement o f Sir George .Shuckborough 15,662 feet
i'bigiifh;,; : ,{ B éMMMï ' B p ™ - ' - , v © .
F o r this-northern chain the reader may alfo-confult n. P
’ c0“ rfe from M. Sanetz to S t . G o th a rd ;)a n d the greater part o fb t t third vohime. S t . Qothard
is o f great extent, with -many ïumraits, jof -which itfcï' h i g h e l i s called Petina; and in the eaft
b« nM a high ridge ftyled-that o f Adula, which is fucceeded b y the Crifpafe fram ing the fouth-
ern boundary o f the canton o f Glams ( vól. iii. p 62 ). In his opinion, iii. 194, the Schreckhorn
is the higheft o f th e Swifs "Mps. General Pfeffer, who~made a rioted model o f the northern
1 ’‘ j y p5, computes th e ' height o f St. Gothard a W e t l j e f a f t tM S - j j j& j i (C o x e , i. 3-29.) Mr.
'K r wan, G eo E f f . ' 2 13 , 2 1 7 , fays that the Finiteraar H.orh, Schreckhotn, Jungfrau, &c. are
a ll o f granular or primitive limeftone; and fuppofes their height only jo exceed 10‘ w o 'fe e t .
quo ting Helv. Ma g. i v . 'ix 5,• 1 T 6 b u t perhaps the fleirts only were.examined.
* fiourrit, iii. l5 dine,
dine, >Sfduge^l Affiula,, .Be'rninii;.'&c. it ffiretches into Tyrol* teal
mi-natingjir^the. Bruiiner^^r; Rhs?tian->Alps S. .of the Inn, m
it he ,not .-cp.dfi’dergd£ 9$ ex;f£nding«&ypi&‘- to; ,Sah;zbp,rg;;]. whikfthe firft
chain to»thq N^ 'o^ha? riyef;|j defies,Bj$yaa$hffj^-Ph1 Tyrol,, >lT<his
fcQ9(Pd,qb9inhaSj}bqei||gbJy illuftratedvbp,'BaiaffuTe, who^^rfl; viilted the
fummi;{-of. Mon,t Bl^np„(the g re ^ fk qlje^Qpn -0®% ^he^ncipnl; f itm e n t,
being'about thset^Ye3t^the(fe%;#fIn, his Jaft; jourpey
Sapffuf^ alfo^Cit-fd^JYlopttj- Rfjfa^, whic^j|plY4yi.el4§Afikly!^®k io heigh?
tq-Mqnt Blanc,-’being^abpUjl^iw^ kgkwe&d gr&ap«St^ and- the
lake of LpCarno,' • jWfhere^phi:, <m£ps pj,a(§e^.a: ©q^e^aftenc^'Called >Mont
Moro„ to the,,N. of Macugnapa injfhq vale gif Ajiz^fea., farltf'en--
tertain; doubts whether the, r’,trbmeildpt}«f,.„sandhIhlwrtS ‘ina^effible,
heights of the northern chain do not exceed tlioie-ifi^^ii t d hv §auffure;
and they^cCrtainfry prefent fuffisifent? ©kl^fts for t.hgiasnbition,' offu^urq
travellers. ;
It .was^referved for this ,agg. ^ ent^rppze
wonders of the" fuperior, Alps. Tkq enorimou§ ridgff.pjothed with a
depth of perpetual fnow,, often-^rpyned w:h h iiharpj. ph4 i|ks of grapite
ftyled by 4h©4.Byvifsahoips tar .needles; the dreadful chaftjas. oCmme
thoufandfeet in perpendicular heighty oyer4wl^eh;^th^ap^tidk , traveller
fometimes ftands on a ffielf pf'.froi.em (how; thp^glaciers or fea^'
of ke, fpmetimies extefrdiiig' thirty, Qg ^forty i the lacred
lileppe of* the fceneSihefere.' uruvifited,. except>ijby, the chamois and goat
-of rocks (dpuds, and, fometimes the thundep palling at a
-great diftance below; the extenfiye profpp’dts,;vW’hich reducekingdopis,as
vkjpere' rP' a map ; the pure elaftichy ,o f the air^e^ittite^Jsin'd'<minr
coi;poreal fpnfation; axe all novelties in the hilfory ^o^ffiuman, Adventure.;
r
; !Wkh regard1*to ■ the w^ig^rp. from
Sauffure9 that the higheft ffimmitSjf.eonfifl: o f a large grained'igjjanite^f
the mixture being white opake felfpar, ^grfeyilh,-« phnwhite ferajitfanf-
T h e 5higheft' mountains in T y ro l are faid to 'be the^Plaley Ko g e l, P u J jin f S g J t t
the f e a : the Glockner I JJ>5O0, rthe„ Ortele id,bop.{-tj-See> an- eftimaffes oftth!e'’'hcigljt(i^of
.mpuntainS ih I ta ly and Germany ( ra tk tt^ i E^lsbijn^ MftpT u jA *
“ Tome xi. 334.
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