ON PLAIN AND PEAK 



chamois, shot by himself on the Rach-Kaar the 

 best drive, by the way, in our preserve ! 



The women of the Tyrol are justly celebrated for 

 their good looks ; and the Zillerthaler girls, in 

 particular, famous for their beauty. Large bright 

 eyes; a laughing merry face, and an exquisite wild- 

 rose complexion such are their striking features. 

 Their figures may not be as "pinched in" as the 

 dictates of fashionable beauty require, and their 

 faces may be more round than oval ; but they are 

 very pretty, for all that. The men, too, are well 

 set-up, sturdy, handsome fellows. It must strike a 

 stranger to the Tyrol how very seldom he sees an 

 absolutely plain man or woman. 



The Tyrolese dress is charmingly picturesque, 

 though it is too well known to need much descrip- 

 tion. Green is the national colour. The colour of 

 the men's short frieze jackets varies in each valley : 

 in one, it will be black ; in another, red ; in the Zil- 

 lerthal, it is a light grey. The shape and decora- 

 tions of a woman's hat, too, show the district from 

 which she comes. The Zillerthaler hat is black, 

 shaped like an inverted saucer, and is adorned with 

 a golden cord, and two golden tassels that hang 

 over the brim in front. 



Men and women alike wear the heavy mountain- 

 eering boots the edges of the soles and heels 

 surrounded with a formidable row of gigantic flange- 



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