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composition % of- Ylie chain of the Rjgl , of which the Rossberg tna&es . a part , has always been an .. o , bV stack in the way of those sytemmak < : s * who have built their b y * potheses upon the structure of the
Alps . It lias oothing granitic in its whole mass , and though nearly six thousand feet above the sea , is green and even fertile to its summit . It is composed of nothing but earth and stone combined in rude masses- It is also
remarkable , that the strata of which it is composed , are distinctly inclined from the north , toward the south , a character which , is common to a character whicb . is common to
all rocks of , thi $ kind through the whole rtynge $ j f Alps , as well as to the greatef part of calcareous , s ^ faps ^^ p ^ pyriip rQcJss , ^ d # ^ 9- # ii ^ ^ ftii # ft ^; ojf ythe
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wqriein boundary of / thp r ^ ins , \ py tUv ^ ide of Moupt Rigi towards therlake ^ JLQweriz . From va * ^ i P f ? M «? ft ^ passage , w * 4-., c ^ plete yi ^ s of such £ ^ ne ^ f ^^ r jjucjtiwJD , as no words cap adequatel y describe . Picture to yqurs ^ jf ^ rude and mingled ^ ss of e a ^ t h and st ° 5 Ss > bristled ^ Uh the shattered parts of wooden cottages , sii ^ d vvith thousands of tyavy trees , torn up by the roots , and projecting in every direction . * n one part you might see anvnge Gf peasants' huts , which the tor .
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rent 8 f earth had reached witH jJULst force enough to overthro w and tear in pieces , but without bringing soil enough to cover them .. In another were mills bro « ken injjieces by huge rocks ,
transported from the top of the mountains , which fell , and were carried high up the opposite side of the Rigi . Large pools of water had formed themselves in different parts of the ruins , and many lit * tie streams , whose usual channels
had been filled up , were bursting out in various places . Birds of prey , attracted by the smell of dead bodies , were hovering all
about the valley . But the general impression made upon us by the sight of such an extent of desolation , ^ Connected , too , with the idea that hundreds of wretched
creatures were at that moment alive , buried under a J ^ ass of earth , and inaccessible to the cries ^ nd labours of their friends , was too horrible to be descii bed or understood * As we travelled along the borders of the chaos of ruined
buildings , a poor peasant , wearing a countenance gh a stly with vioe , came up to u $ to beg a piece of money ,, ; He had three children buried in the ruins of a cot .
tage ^ , which he ,. was endeavouring to clear away A little farther on we came to ah elevated spot , which overlooked the whole scene . Here we found , a painter seated on a rock , aad bqsy in sketching its horrors . He had chosen a most
favourable point . Before him , at the distance of more than a league , rose the Rossberg , , from whose bare side had rushed the destroyer of all this life and beauty . On his right was , the Iajke of Lowertz , partly filled with the earth of the mountain . On the bank * of this
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Zetterfront Mr . BucJcminster to Arthur M . Walter ^ Esq . 735
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1814, page 735, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2447/page/7/
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