dals. That there were some meritorious men among them, he allowed, but sarcastically added: "è vero, non tutti Fran.esi sono bricconi, ma BUONA PARTE!"

Another traveller, whom he met at Milan, communicated to him several curious particulars concerning the present state of manners in Upper Italy. Venice appears now to be quite another Mahometan paradise. As in great hotels a person may order for his dessert several sorts of foreign wine, just so in the Venetian territory an amateur may call at an inn for belles of Grecian, Asiatic or Italian growth. They appear by dozens, commending their charms with the eloquence of a Jew-pedlar; and no one seems to be scandalized by it. The Grecian impures, of all others, are distinguished by uncommon beauty.

The Grimsel, one of the highest mountains in Switzerland, was in the years 1799 and 1800 a scene of the most furious contest. The French general Tud n had taken up his winter-quarters be tween two steep rocks. Eighty Austrians were made prisoners upon a piece of rock, covered with snow, which it is scarcely conceivable how any human creature could have reached without being precipitated ten times during the attempt. Almost every where upon these rocks the French and Austrians fought with the utmost rancour. To places whither no shamois ventures, where even the marmot cannot stay, and where, at most, some vulture perches, the relentless genius of war drove men bent upon each other's destruction, and who butchered one another with the ferocity of tigers.

One of the most interesting parts of these travels is the descrip tion of the vale of Hasli, its inhabitants and their manners. The river Aar, which runs foaming through it, the high mountains which encompass it, the numerous brooks and streams passing through it, the cascades, whose echo is several times repeated, the meadows covered with odoriferous herbs, and the picturesque groups of fruit-trees, make it one of the most romantic spots of the globe, which is moreover inhabited by a most comely race of men. The author never remembers to have seen so many well-formed faces. Indeed, the inhabitants of this valley are in person, disposition and manners, totally different from the rest of the Swiss, and form a little tribe by themselves. They consider themselves of Swedirb descent, and believe that a colony from thence settled in these parts several centuries ago. This colony is said to have been headed by one Hassin, from whom the vale derived its name. The northern character of the people imparts to these traditions some sort of probability. The language of the natives is uncommonly sonorous, and leans somewhat toward singing. The young wo men of the vale take great delight in singing, especially in the evenings, when their charming voices are everywhere heard before the huts. In the beginning of May it is customary for many of them to come down the lake of Thun, carrying green boughs in their hands and singing merry tunes, to greet the arrival of spring. The whole country is very populous, especially the upper part,

which contains twenty villages, upwards of four thousand inhabitants, and among them one thousand men capable of bearing arms. At the period of the French invasion the Upper-land battalion signalised itself particularly. They kept their ground and obeyed their officers, while other regiments mutinied and murdered their superiors.-Their food is extremely simple, consisting chiefly of milk, so much so that many eat cheese in lieu of bread. The Upper-landish cheese, which is of a superior and aromatic flavour, forms a considerable article of trade. The breeding of cattle is much attended to. They grow hemp in abundance, and all sorts of fruit are excellent, even grapes, peaches, and apricots. During the prevalence of southerly winds all vegetables spring up rapidly and arrive spre lily at perfection. Very frequently the most beautiful asparagus ripens here towards the end of March without any art or hot-bed. The very highest and wildest parts produce larches, juniper and rhododendron, while the lower tracts abound in firs, beeches, lime-trees, oaks, maples, elms and asps; and the valleys in alders, walnut-trees and mulberry-trees. It is a peculiarity of the inhabitants of the vale of Hasli, that almost every head of a family is skilled in the trades either of a joiner, a turner, or a wheel-wright, without having been regularly apprenticed to the business. He who is bound to any trade with a view of gaining his subsistence by it, incurs unavoidably censure among this people. The pastoral state alone is held in esteem. The women in the vale of Grindelwald labour under a sort of mania for smoking tobacco. Even when going to church they do not lay aside their short pipes, but continue smoking till the clergyman makes his appearance, when they put them in their pockets; but no sooner are they clear of the church door, than they resume their pipe.This work is interlarded with poetical effusions, some of which are very tolerable; but the majority are too long, and not seldom tedious.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Philo licus is entitled to our thanks for his friendly communication. We refer bim to our Advertis ment for the reasons which prevent us from accepting bis kind overtures.

R. Z.-W. W.-Oxoniensis--and Clericus are under consideration.

Eight lectures on the occurrences of Hassel's statistical view of all the states