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frequent there ; for the higheft Tops and Pikes 

 of the Alps themfelves are not deftitute of their 

 Inhabitants ; the Ibcx^ or Steift-Buck^ the Riipi- 

 capra or Chamois among Quadrupeds ; the La- 

 gopus among Birds ^ and I my felf have obferv'd 

 beautiful Papilios^ and Store of other Infedts, 

 upon the Tops of fome of the Alpine Mountains; 

 nay, the higheft Ridges of many of thofe Moun- 

 tains ferve for the Maintenance of Cattel for the 

 Service of the Inhabitants of the Valleys ; the 

 Men there, leaving their Wives and younger 

 Children belov^, do not without fome difficulty 

 clamber up the Acclivities, dragging their Kine 

 with them, where they feed them, and milk 

 them, and make Butter and Cheefe, and do all 

 the Dairy- Work, in fuch forry Hovels and Sheds 

 as they build there to inhabit in during the Sum- 

 mer Months ; this I my felf have feen and ob- 

 ferv'd in Mount Jura^ not far from Geneva^ 

 which is high enough to retain Snow all the 

 Winter. 



The fame they do alfo in the Grifons Country, 

 which is one of the higheft Parts of the AlpSy 

 travelling through which I did not fet Foot off 

 Snow for four Days Journey, at the latter End 

 of March. 



VII. Thofe long Ridges and Chains of lofty 

 and topping Mountains which run through the 

 whole Continents Eajl and Weji (as I have elfe- 



where 



