Atnong A lp in g -tird 's fm l^ e ^ a to e d 'th e Vulture, calJedlMfio-the golden
$i? bearded ^tdturb.’hVThe head' ahtTneck beingiho^ered w ith feathers
it might b e \eM e d 'with', the {«aglets,'were k* n o t for the form o f the
hoffy^arid fh'ape oTthe- hfek.r! It in h a b its ih e ^h ig te ft'A lp s? fo ffc ii%
its neft in irflcceffible rocks, a n d 'p rey in g on 1the_eW^8Stf&*»hitathare,i
marmot'» and1 f o ih e t im e s ^ h h& a n d iambs.’ -lAnion'g Alpirielbirds' may
a lfile -h am e d ; the'red idgge^croW1, and ttirdu& eaerulefcs* v'TheTakes>4 f
SwifTerlahd have? f e # pectliar'fifti.
T h e mineralogy o f this intereftlng co u n try d s n’othfo. importanf'a's w t
might be led to infer froih its mountainous ‘n a tu re .^ ^S om d ito f^ h e
llreams wafh down particles ofcgold-; as th e '-R h in e , th e Enrraat; the
Aar, th e iReufs, th e Adda, an d .the G o ldba ch.'V Mines- o f '<fd$er;ftr£
m e n tio n ed ; h u t th e places are n o t l^eciifed.t -.Copper, and*, lead ape
alfd found rh b u t th e |c h i e f mines are thofe o f iron M ^ h e i c q iin tr f to f
Sargans. i In th e canton o f Bern th e re are valuable ,q h a r j$ ^ e% 0 § k
f d t •* an d ' it - is faid th a t coal and native |fu lp h u r,ta re ^ p ^ u 4 ik jiow p '.
But* the grknd ftores o f mineralsAre in Piedmont, a n d jh e fs u th e j^ t o
o f the A lp s ; as in H u n g a ry th e y are in the foutft.of the^Carpathiap
m o u n ta in s ; and th e richeft minerals a ^ a l ^ f o n n d in ^ e ^ f o u t h . o f ^
Pyrenees, Ilk ridges rp n n in g n o rth and fouth, it.is helifvQd
fide is g e n e ra lly lh e m o i|,p |a d u a iv a , Rock cp y $ aL% m s perhaps .th e
c h ie f export o f Swifferljpid, being Sometimes g u n d in fu ch large .places
as to w d g h fe^en o r eight h tm d r e d jm g l\r .‘lj „ ^ e ^ ^ e q j ^ 5 m t > o f
the Alps often prefent beautiful marbles,- a n d »good Hates are not u n r
common. As .to granite an d p o rp h y ry th e .country may be faid to
eonfift o f th em . Among the Alps are alfo found , f e r p e n t ^ p e s ^ a t k ^
albeftos, amianthus ; w ith jafpers, agates, and, j a r i o ^ p e t j i f a a i p w .
Ne ar Chiavana is a quarry o f. grey lapis ollaris, wh ich has. been long
w ro u g h t ..into' pots o f various dimenfipns, and which wi}l ftand the
fierceft fire. Among th e mineralogic curiofities may be named the
adulana, o r glafly felfpar, o n .th e . mountains o f A dula already mentioned;
and the tremolite, fo called from M ont Tiem o la near St. G o th a rd ,
** Bufchingi xiv. i l .
* Ke y Her, i. 146. fays that
Vand.
the fait work» arc at Beyieur, Ro che, and Paner,. in the Pays de
O f
t O f mineral! watets|thb mofchenhitfeabtehre'thafesof Keuk. Scbeuclf
.yer, .in ^ i^ lite oU i™ n ie )|l .ji^Fibe^lhdfifipgiilar, warm baths o f Fabara,
“ox*thf@ferst,’i ,|p |!th toL-wyMc-h, tftea vilitants puffed
ibrojugh thai Jjg$»Iji>yk a * $a,ftagje extre mely?;dspg§SPW‘
-Teethe SviE1,: a:f<e/the*haths ,,\\Juch a Be. f^lphujjfijis, and r,®r
,fg < J Harrosvjgat e j 3v ajteffi y? nlyi b <f 1 q p g, t o eal-
■ T o enumerate^theS.daturhlcuri'©rififisv1©fuS,wiffeFlan4 ty£duld< h e to ’ de-
tffeiSbe. the<;voopfntryf^wh^! Alps,y d .e ^ la c j^ r h ^ # 1efts.aib,>precimees,a.the
drefcending totresmspiithe'idhi^^dfi, die 1 h lakes'and'
catariOssf are (tafl;matural curiofities of;tJie.sgrea,t,efi: ffingularity, anebnrofc
fublime ddfcripfiiae.iv zO£ late & df§laprdrst'hiayh: a&t tradt^d-t particular
’ahentionf,'|^ ^ to h o f e Ife’asst o f1 n . e j _ , w i i t l i , n u m e r o u s d d e p ^ i
fares, ow k ^ fto tfu d d en craekd w h ich refoUnd like • thu'hder, t m uft „yield’
in 'fublimitydioithe' •ftupen'dcfus fummits*H^tI|'fedlwitb{ ice. and fijow,.the
la tte r •'often' -defcend 1 ng ir e 1 what; aje calleA{ayalanch^Si;f;j.(ar ^pradigiqua
balk, wHtep^gathering a s' th ey roll fo'm e ti m e s $oy erjyJi elm travellers,and‘
even viHa’gesv-cNa'y th e m©untsin& tihfemfelye^Milll' forhetim&S burft and
overwhelm whple, towns, as happened in th e memorablet inft’sncpf o f
Pleurs. nean; Chiavana, in whichithoufand^,perifhedi' and not. a veftige
M ;a buildim’l was le fts n o r arebifeeentdin0a0qesA.though-,'lefs t s r em ^ .
do us; wholly .unknown. T h p vaft(.refccvoif,S'. o f ;fc^|and fnow give
b irth 'to 'many important rivers^-whsif^Tf©qip'e^,>deeply intereft^earipfilyv
As an exampfc%; the account w h k h Bourri^gfy^s q£ tfia t. off-tfie R hone
may be feleded^- “ A t length we perceived tbi^bjUgh phe, fecees. a moun7
tain, o f ice as fplendid as. the -ftin, and> flafbing ^hmi^ar, jjg|it^givthe
environs., Th is ftrft p fp e£ t-p f ^©..gfac^r^ qf,,the Rhpne ;inlpired ;qs>
with great expedlation. A moment. p ft^w a ra s,tn isjep o ri|io u a mafs o f
ice having,difappeared behind,jftick pines} it fp o n .^ te r me): o.ur- fight
b e tw e e n -tw o v a ft'b lo ck s o f rpck^ which fo rm ed 'a kind o f norticoi
Surprized at the magnificent^ ^ .th i s fpe^tacle, . and at fts admirable,
contrafts,iWe beheld it with rapture. A t lengift we .reached this .Beautiful
portico, beyond w hie ft we were to, .difcover all the glacier? We .
arrived : a t this fight one would fuppofe ohek felf in another world, .fo.
mu ch is .the imagination imprefled with th e nature and immenfity o f
HIKBB ; , . the-
M in e r a l
W a t e r s ..
Natural CiiA- riQmies.!