DOMO D'OSSOLA.

Now the scene is changed,

And on Mont Cenis, o'er the Simplon winds

A path of pleasure.

ROGERS.

THE traveller who intends to enter Italy by the Simplon, after leaving Viêge usually passes through Brigg, one of the most considerable towns of the Haut Valais, situated opposite to the base of the Simplon. The route of the Simplon, with its wonderful road, passing through excavated mountains, and over precipitous valleys, has been so frequently described, that a repetition of its marvels and its beauties may well be spared. The road is one of the few really noble monuments which Napoleon has left of his reign. It was commenced in 1801, and occupied upwards of three years in the completion, affording employment to 30,000 men. Fifty bridges are thrown over the valleys and precipices, and five galleries are hewn through the solid rock, the largest of which is nearly seven hundred feet in length.

Having ascended through the wild and magnificent scenery of the Simplon, the eager traveller at length beholds the fair plains of Italy spread before him:

But now 'tis past,

That turbulent chaos; and the promised land

Lies at my feet in all its loveliness!

To him who starts up from a terrible dream,