( 58* ) 
At Splugen itfelf, the Mercury flood the fame Morn- 
ing early, at if which give the Elevation of 
Splugen according to Mariotte 644° F or 3865, and 
according to Dr. Scbeucbzer , 66 1° 5' or 3971'. So 
that the Fall of the Rhine from the Alp aforefaid to 
Splugen , in five Hours and a half, comes, according to 
Mariotte , to 1901, and according to Dr. Scbeucbzer , 
to 1955 Tar is Feet perpendicular. 
At the Capuchins, upon the high Mountain S. 
Gothard , a celebrated PaiTage out of Swijferland into 
Jta/y, the Mercury flood, June 30, 1705, at zz" c, 
which gives the Height of that PaiTage, which with 
Regard" to the highefl Tops of S. Gothard , lies but 
as it were at the Foot of a high Mountain, according 
to Mariotte 85^°, or $111', and according to Dr. 
Scbeucbzer , 875° 5', or 5155, above the Level of the 
Sea. e . r 
Upon the Furca , a high Mountain between the 
‘Vrferen Thai , T)rfaria Vallis , and the upper P*/- 
/*/&, and one of the Branches of the S. Gothard , the 
Height of the Mercury in the Barometer was obferved, 
; July , 31. 1707, at 2i ,; 5'", which give the Height of 
this Mountain above the Level of the Sea, according 
to Mariotte , 947 0 F or 5683', and according to Dr. 
Scbeucbzer , 973 0 3' or 5841. Near this Mountain 
there are others, which cannot be lefs than 800 or 900 
Foot higher. 
Thefe Mountains, I mean the Avicula , the Luck - ' 
mannier Berg , the S. Gothard , and the Furca , toge- 
ther with the Grimfula, the Crifpalt , the Sempronier y 
or Sempronius Mons , the Adula , and a Chain of others, 
are the Lepontia Alpes of * and the Summa 
• * Lib, iii. c, xx. 
Alpes 
