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and upon the Borders of Swijferland^ which will af- 
ford me a lingular Inftance of Divine Providence. The 
A fee nt of the Mountains of Swijferlandbzin.gfo -very 
fudden and quick, that as I have above Ihewn, the Ele- 
vation of the Mountains in the Canton of Glarus a* 
bove the Horizon of Zuric, though not quite three 
Days diflant, is more than three Times as great, as the 
Elevation of Zunc ltfelf above the Level of the Ocean, 
of which it is upwards of 375 ‘ Englijb Miles diftant 
in a (freight Line and fo in Proportion of others ; and 
the Rivers, which arife in thefe Mountains, rufhing 
down, in Confequence of fo quick a Defcent, with great 
Force and Impetuofity, it was to be feared, they would 
often overflow their Banks, and caufe frequent Inunda- 
tions in the flat Countries, (of which there are too many 
Inftances in our own Vallies and Plains,) if this Force 
and Impetuofity was not in great Meafure broke, and 
their Waters difpofed to a more gentle Defcent. And 
this is cffe&ually done by thofe great Receptacles of 
Water, the Lakes, which are befides of infinite Ufe to 
the Inhabitants around them, fupplying them with 
Plenty of Fifii for their Sufienance, and enriching them 
by the Facility with which Commerce may be carried 
on over them. Thus the Rhine falls into the Lacu$ 
Bodamicus, Boden-Sea , the Rhofne into the Lacus 
Lemannus , or Lake of Geneva , the Muefa and The - 
fin into the Lake of Locarno , the Reus into the Lake 
of Lucern , the Adda and Maira into the Lake of Co - 
mo y the Lint , or Limat , into the Lake of Zuric , the 
Aar, into the Lakes of Brientz and Thun. And it 
feems, that the more confiderable the Rivers are, and 
the more impetuous their Courfe, fo much the greater 
mull the Receptacles be, wherein they are to loofe their 
Force 
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