. Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers. ings on religious sub-jects are very stnuig. Inner-Rhoden, which consists of pasture-landand is 63 sq. M. in extent, is exclusively Rom. and until 1848 per-mitted no Protestants to settle within its limits ; even Rom. Catholics whowere not natives of the Canton were strictly excluded. This restriction wasnominally annulled by a decree of the Confederation in 1848. but that theold feeling predominates is sufficiently evident from the returns of the lastcensus, according to which 11,914 of the
. Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers. ings on religious sub-jects are very stnuig. Inner-Rhoden, which consists of pasture-landand is 63 sq. M. in extent, is exclusively Rom. and until 1848 per-mitted no Protestants to settle within its limits ; even Rom. Catholics whowere not natives of the Canton were strictly excluded. This restriction wasnominally annulled by a decree of the Confederation in 1848. but that theold feeling predominates is sufficiently evident from the returns of the lastcensus, according to which 11,914 of the inhab. are Rom. Catholics, whilstthe insignificant fraction of 190 onlv are Protestants. A u ss e r-R ho d en(90 sq. M., 48,734 inhab., 2361 ) belongs to the Reformed Church ;iJ4th of its population is engaged in the cotton and silk manufacture, princip-ally for firms in St. Gall. Xo government official receives an income exceeding2(X3 fr. per annum. The popular assembly (p. 75) is held on the last Sundayin April, in even years at Trogen, in uneven at Hundwyl; every male in- gr f ^. \ .-I of Appenzell. HEIDEN. 67. Route. 277 habitant of Appenzell above the age of 18 is required to be present undera penalty of iO fr.; about 12,UUU men assemble on the occasion. The contrast in hal)its, manners, and costume which exists betweenthese two divisions of the canton is extremely remarkable. A u s s e r - II h o-d e n is characterised by the activity and flourishing condition of its inhabit-ants, many of whom are even aftlueut; almost every house has its loom,the products of which often exhibit extraordinary taste and skill, and wereobjects of admiration at the London and Paris Industrial Exhibitions. Therearing of cattle is here quite secondary to the other more important branchesof trade. The inhabitants of Inner-lih o de n generally (jccupy scattereilcottages and huts; they are, according to Merian (t6oO). a rough., hardij^homely, and pioit.^ folk; their costume is picturesq
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