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And the perpendicular Height of the Gemmi , above the 
Level of the Sea, conftderabiy exceeds 6000 Paris 
Feet. 
But high above all the Mountains of Swifter land 
rifes the Stella , Piz Static a deep Mountain in the 
S chamfer Valley, in Rhcetia, or the Grifoons 5 the Height 
whereof was by my Uncle Dr. John Scheuchzer , by 
fome Obfervations made in the Year '1709, determin- 
ed to 9585 ‘Paris Foot, above the Level of the Sea, 
according to his own Calculation, or 9441 according 
to Mariotte , and 12196 according to Caftmi : A Height, 
which the Rufttcayra^ or Shamoys themfelves fcarce 
venture toafcend. And his to thefe only, and the like 
Heights the following Verfes of Si litis It aliens ought 
to be applied. 
Cunlfa gelu y candque aternum grandine tefla^ 
Atque avi glaciem cohibent : riget ardua mentis 
/Etherei facies > fur gentique obvia Phcebo 
Pduratas nefeit flammis mollire Pruinas. 
Nullum ver ufquam^ nullique aft at is honor es^ 
Sola jugis habitat diris^fedefque tuetur 
Perft etnas deformis hyems 
Having thus determined the Heights of the Moun- 
tains of Swifterland from Barometrical Obfervations, I 
will now clofe thefe Remarks, which are infenfibly 
grown to a much greater Length, than I at firft intended 
they fhould, with a few general Obfervations on the na- 
tural Hiftory of that Country, arifing from the Height 
of its Mountains. 
The firft Obfervation (hall regard the Lakes, of 
which there are feveral, and very remarkable ones, in 
and 
