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Ch, V.

THROUGH ITALY.

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CHAP. V.

Susa (Segusium)—Novalese—Passage of Mount
Cennis—Convent on its Summit—-Observations
on the Passage of Annibal—The Advantage of
having visited Italy in its present State—Con-
sequences of the French Invasion—Conclusion*
On Wednesday, the 6tli of October, we took
a final leave of the last great city of Italy, and at
eight in the morning set out for Susa. The road
for several miles consists of a noble avenue, and
runs in a direct line to Rivoli, remarkable only
for a royal villa. Here we entered the defile of
Susa through a narrow pass, formed by rocky
hills branching out from the Alps, and approach-
ing so near as merely to leave room enough for
the road between them. From this spot Alpine
scenery again commences; the sides of the
mountains are successively craggy and naked, or
green and wooded; the valley sometimes ex-
pands into a plain, and sometimes contracts
itself almost into a dell; the Dura, which waters
it, sometimes glides along as a rill, and some-
times rolls an impetuous torrent. Woods and
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