S6 N A T # R A L -H 4 & r o k 0 - R T Y A Y .
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dl’moSmf-.. Tjhils political jb^iiig. eftaWaflied^ i t opens a w ay to an e a f y s x -
leSa&mt, -BWqfc&ft of the,qpgtnybath rpcks,j;g3|3^iq|%i^:; and. hilis,
aeprelifo” d ter the, firR plane ta d been ijormed, Jpy.the deRtge, The fills,
pf which f fety, hera are of fiich dimenfions'.,as. to be
the mountains, might Veryeaidybe aggregated by the mere Jprqe
p j the water, b u t dieyocky mountains
feem tp have been elgy^tejchfrom. beneath, ip^ egnve^ form, by a
vicjlfiypRirceyqf fubterraneous yvii^, jK^§g,|^h(| fb-ej hea^githgm
up, and ifc^tterihg. thetn about ip.fo‘many .pyotube^anc^ *j and
if.this. happened, „before the fubftance of. the Rones Jaeeanp^ indti-
tatpd ,anR- fixed,. tRep t|he external, wind did likpwife,, ^rrarding
to the;eopjeRjU'.g before.footed,from M. Swedenhurg’s pbfcryac»
tiws, 4^7t90 fo; (ntapy Jjaffigus • of. it^- viplenceijoth in the extent
und. figw&<Qf? thernv^Tti^fiCs^Pny^i ^«aueRij ^ j ^ Jot tkp , jnnu-
picrahle fiflures^ difiTyptions,-. arid, ehafms, which appear like: fa
many mountams fawn aiundpr, »profs, or. .lengthways ffcJ And
hence many. Juch* apertures in the ntpunteins are filled ,with a
ihmy. ipatter, rpf ;a fubfequent induration, and by The country-
people palled.I^ejeitcl. This^projects in a rapge*pf about,an efljr
pr half an. ell in breadth, betwixt the pther; lapideous ftrpta, and
throughout the whole length or bulk of the mountain,which thus
from theyariety -of ite colours makes a very .Healing,appearance.
Of thele Hejeitels, or Separate veins, forae cpnfift of marble, or
ulahaftcr, feyne olTa^ite, ahd fpmc pfiojk«^ pyhite, recR blue, or
brown - kind o f Rones, j
whefe tjhe jocks are bare,,form many ciH-tqus variegations. Henc;e
likcwifc remain on the furfacc, th e . many detached,hjpeks and
% ?£Sq$C quafdain fofpiearUl^(n\trife'!lKqiknd«j rte]?)?afn
rexiffe montes ex pltaiti&'.erapiflEe in&las ex. man, qualis apud Cedrenum in hi-
ftoria -rmfcella' memoratur irifula na£a fub 'Leo'neticonmTiacho.^Ego etiam facile
?Hrmti-.agi initio, cumRiijraidaC effer .maf&iglobi tense,. duTanteTpmtu fuperficieoi
varie intumuiffe^.unde illi mox indurefqenti prirnaeva insequalitaS.; neqiie etiam' diffi-
tebr^firmatist licet rebus; *tefrasinota aliquahdb vel ignivoma'"eruftatione,' monticu-
lum faftum^r Leibnitz Protfegasif:iSS&j xjcti/ p. rg 6} feq. 1J
p Mr. Buffon, Part I. p. 64, according to his fyftem, affigns the following caufe ■
of the perpendicular fiffures. and ehafms iy",the .mountains:; that the waters:gradually
fubfidi'rig; "and the pafte df;the rocks, being'dried,; the fliafts. jjius’contra&ed,
■ neceflarily feparatey strid’ leave an aperture betwixt them, as the like daily happens
. when. mortar, ftarch, &c,< harden. Whereas the horizontal rents in mountains,
whic t are much fewer, run according'to the feveral ftrata of the fubftstticesj-'tvhich
are obferved to lie over each other, like the leaves of a book.
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lufflf& Joflhhriaff'iifir '-*-Coft^pafl*'y;fo .f h k d 'n ^
only in the vallies and creeks, where they are calIe^,&H^U« tied
-’’Flies, buf'kUgjOa the top^.qf .the.higbeft moiintains ; •mniay fiich
'being foufld he're of the bm'k o'f a cbmmori Jidule,5 confequently
•■rfro^jMlfek^s'^hiv^'BSSa,ira!IMTt/{lffih£a katiSs
8pMen,v'hia';Ddnae's dr1 ute?^OT
This lrkewifdls' 'the brfgjih; o f moil o f fhbfe* pebftfe's,' fvhich^?? sd#|-‘not
found fc^ttferdd *ih alfpai-tsksf the*^lc5 drtd whibh-by kh^th 'o fvegetatlve
time, bedomp^lomewhat^lmoofn^ahd'^^n! 5 f ^ m o ^ o f ^ a r i f
and allow thatTome.'faittly ftones faip to grow,uand from
this eaufe, that a 'lupfemcial1 layer '©f fanef or aay ’ WaV indfirafej
bMf ’0 b w ^ a'nld’con^^n^Yfe*enHp^Wj(th*;a
6r iritefnal pbweT tcffihffiibe1' thqr'nourifhmenf'f?^ hartm
this is^reftamfy (ode e ith e ’ moft abfira notoris thaf ’^ rp r^ a s 'rer
Ceived* alncM^^uUKiOTS feen, afick especially m a n ^ e J n ‘whfrhJ
the cattle s’ of *dm!lgytl^' '&' and iiiccdratll^ ’^ c |^ i^ te S f
I f ifteT clekrMg a^’P e p p f f ground "of the fmaff ttones^1. ffierp appears
to he' h^fticcemon of Them, this1 |sno > fo. a ‘h am fro if
withiri th ^ ^ ftfef Jocf of' fhe ,S y p i |f i |J
fade.' T h a f mouritam-cryftafs, and pdffiBryJmoreV^ru^b^pms
may grow like fap or juices, which graduaDy .BdcomeTiaged With
the colours'of ithe 'minerals, ancf accotcfing to "the qualitW^nfi'^E
rangement of the.faline particles,'' c8na*ete an p lfp o t mto cone^
I am yeiy%ifTing to 1 admit ƒ 'Mewiwf that' thefl w at^
away foihe lapiffeotts' partidles^ here and'there inJhe favitics of
mauntainsj' recfcces tfiCnj to a paffe, wfijch8 a^erwarks'liiW
dropped,
therefore called the Dtop-ftbnfe dr^Sfa^ffes.l^
... s E C T. ; IX'.' odf
Before I tafe my, leave .of the? uiQimnun^: aud |wtiri»larljr rk
our Noryegian roc%.yI muft, aareeaUytta.nur purpofe. mentioii,;e^?n£iesand
lqisuething further to the praifes®® fhe great? Creator, and tb in- frD-m
dine the people of N^rwaw tb be gra^fuIlyTontented with, the
habitation which God has- affigned them. I ,|fretibufly granf, ag.***™