Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and TyrolHandbook for travellers . an Catho-lics who were not natives of the canton were strictly excluded. This restric-tion was nominally rescinded by an article of the Federal constitution in1848, but little change has practically taken place. Population , ofwhom about 700 only are Protestants. The inhabitants generally occupyscattered cottages and huts •, they are, according to Merian (1650), a rough,hardy, homely, and pious folk •, their costume is picturesque and primitive,and cattle-breeding and cheese-making are their chief p
Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and TyrolHandbook for travellers . an Catho-lics who were not natives of the canton were strictly excluded. This restric-tion was nominally rescinded by an article of the Federal constitution in1848, but little change has practically taken place. Population , ofwhom about 700 only are Protestants. The inhabitants generally occupyscattered cottages and huts •, they are, according to Merian (1650), a rough,hardy, homely, and pious folk •, their costume is picturesque and primitive,and cattle-breeding and cheese-making are their chief pursuits. —Ausser-Rhoden (90 sq. M., 54,200 inhab., 3500 Rom. Cath.) belongs to the ReformedChurch; one-fourth of its population is engaged in the cotton and silk manufac-ture, chiefly for firms at St. Gallen. Almost every house has its loom, theproducts of which often exhibit extraordinary taste and skill, and wereobjects of admiration at the London and Paris Industrial Exhibitions. —Comp. Appenzell: Pure Democracy and Pastoral Life in Inner-Rhoden,by Irving B. Richman (1895).. HEIDEN. I. Route 17. 59 Railway from Winkein to Appenzell i^i2-2 hrs.; from St. Gallen to Gaisl/* br.: from Rorschach to Eeiden 55 minutes. — Diligence from Rheineckto Heiden twice daily in IV4 tr.; from ^« to Eeiden via Berneck. once dailyin 3 hrs. ; from Eeiden via Trogen and Speicher to Teufen twice daily in23/4 hrs.; from Altstdtten to Gai*- daily in 2 hrs.; from Gais to Appenzellfive times daily in , from St. Gallen \i& Speicher to Trogen thricedaily in I3/4 hr. — Carriage from St. Gallen to Trogen 6 fr. (3-4 pers. 10 fr.),to Appenzell 9 or 16, Weissbad 10 or l6V2fr.; half-fare more for the return. The Rail-way fbom Rorschach to Heiden, 41/3 M., is on therack-aud-pinion system (maximum gradient 1:11). The train startsfrom the harbour station (p. 56), stops at the outer station, wherethe toothed rail begins, and then ascends through orchards, afford-ing charming glimpses of the la
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