BRIEG  , often now spelt BRIG (Fr . Brigue, Ital . Briga), a picturesque small See also:

• TOWN

town in the Swiss See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

canton of the See also:

• VALAIS (Ger. Wallis, Ital. Vallese)

Valais, situated at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern slope of the Simplon Pass, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Saltine stream, and a little above its junction with the See also:

• RHONE
• RHONE (Fr. Rhone, Lat. Rhodanus)

Rhone . Its older houses are very See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian in See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, while its most prominent buildings (See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, former See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits' See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college and Ursuline See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent) all date from the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and are due to the generosity of a single member of the See also:

• LOCAL

local Stockalper See also:

• FAMILY

family . The prosperity of Brieg is See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound up with the Simplon Pass (q.v.), so that it gradually supplanted the more See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Naters opposite, becoming a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish (the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church is at Glis, a few minutes from the town) in 1517 . Its See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval name was Briga dives . The opening of the See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage road across the Simplon (1807) and of the See also:

• TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

tunnel beneath the pass (1906), as well as the fact that above Brieg is the steeper and less fertile portion of the Upper Valais (now much frequented by tourists), have greatly increased the importance and See also:

• SIZE

size of the town . The opening of the railway tunnel beneath the Lotschen Pass, affording See also:

• DIRECT

direct communication with See also:

• BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern and the Bernese Oberland, is calculated still further to contribute to its prosperity . The new town extends below the old one and is closer to the right bank of the Rhone . In 1900 the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 2182, almost all Romanists, while 1316 were See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German-speaking, 719 Italian-speaking (the Simplon tunnel workmen), and 142 See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French-speaking, one See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person only speaking Romonsch . (W . A .

B .