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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THK 



307. In fome feaions of the Alps, no granit 

 at all appears. Thus, in the rout from Cham 

 bery to Turin, acrofs Mont Cenis, which mea 



•es by the road not lefs than ninety miles, n( 



V ^ 



fu 



granite is found, at leaft of 



ftindly 

 ined gr 



mafs 



d differ 



kind 



F 



from 



which 



gneifs 



8. In fome other niaces of 



r. 



am 



tains, the g 



IS m 



abund 



moun» 

 A hne 



from the lake of Thun, along the courfe of the 



Aar. and 



to th 



end 



f Lago Maggiore, croiTes a very elevated trad- 



d pafTe 



3 



by the fou 



f the Rh 



th 



Rhine, and the Teffino, which laft runs into th 



A good deal of 



6 



difcovered h 



jn the mountains of Grimfel and St Gothard 



b 



w 



g 



by far the greater part of 



th 



ined 



the 



g 



in 



hiefly to the north fide of 



afs being confined 



Grimfel 



Both 



tog 



do not occ 



and therefo 



py more than one-third of 



th 



fixth 



^ 



lefs th 



309. The eilay 



th 



gy of the Py 



by the Abbe Palasso, contains a mi 



t> 



f thofe 



m 



From th 



chart I have found, by computation, that th 



g 



d 



not occupy one-fifth of the h 



^ontgl 



* 



Voyages aux Alpes, torn, iii. § 1190, &c. 



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