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Mountains to the North, and Openings to the South, 
the refle&ed Heat becomes fo troublcfome, that the 
Inhabitants are forced to defert the Towns, and take 
Shelter in the Woods 5 that in other Parts the Coun- 
try is fo extremely pleafant, that Tavernier himfelf, 
though he had travelled over great Part of the Globe, 
declared he never had obferved any more beautiful. 
The Author then mentions, that the Plants produced 
in fuch Difference of Soils and Situations, muft be 
very numerous ; he accordingly met with not only 
many of the Plants of the warmer Parts of France , 
almoft all the German ones, but even thofe of Lap- 
land and Spitzberg . Thefe Varieties have been col- 
leded in a fhort time. You gather in the fame Day, 
the Biflorts and Saxifrages which Martens colleded 
in Spitzberg 5 the yellow Milfoil, Xeranthemum , 
Ephedra, and other Ornaments of the Southern Part 
of France. The Progreftion between both Extremes 
is fo regular, that in going from Bern to Grimful > 
you pafs firft by Chefnut-trees, and other Inhabitants 
of the warm Countries, then Vines, then Walnut- 
trees, then Beeches and Oaks, then Firs, then 
Larch-trees, then Bines, then barren Heaths pro- 
ducing Whortle-berries and fuch- like, then Rocks, and 
Plants a Span high, and laft of all, beyond which 
Vegetation ceafes, you meet with a Species of round- 
leaved Willow, not exceeding an Inch in Height, and 
the hairy Crow foot of Flat eras ; beyond this Di- 
ftrift, the Tops of the Mountains are covered with 
Snow. This great Variety is not (as it muft be in 
any other Part of the World) the Collc&ion of many 
Provinces, but furnifhed within the Space of 17 
Leagues 5 and would be ftill lefs, if in going from 
