Ch. v. in Switzerland. 351 



great vineyards, 34 and 37 ; in six parishes of 

 mixed vines and hills, 33 T V and 36 ; and in one 

 marshy parish, 29 and 24.* 



From another table it appears, that the number 

 of persons dying under the age of 15 was less 

 than f in the extraordinary parish of Leyzin ; and 

 less than \ in many other parishes of the Alps and 

 the Jura. For the whole of the Pays de Vaud it 

 was less than ±j\ 



In some of the largest towns, such as Lausanne 

 and Vevay, on account of the number of strangers 

 settling in them, the proportion of adults to those 

 under 16 was nearly as great as in the parish of 

 Leyzin, and not far from 3 to 1. In the parishes 

 from which there were not many emigrations, this 

 proportion was about 2 to 1. And in those which 

 furnished inhabitants for. other countries, it ap- 

 proached more towards an equality. % 



The whole population of the Pays de Vaud, M. 

 Muret estimated at 1 13,000, of which 76,000 were 

 adults. The proportion of adults therefore to those 

 under the age of sixteen, for the whole country, 

 was 2 to 1. Among these 76,000 adults, there 

 were 19,000 subsisting marriages, and conse- 

 quently 38,000 married persons ; and the same 

 number of persons unmarried, though of the latter 

 number 9,000, according to M. Muret, would pro- 



* Memoires, &c. par la Societe de Berne. Annee 1766, table 

 viii. p. 92, et seq. 



f Id. table xiii. p. 120. 

 J Id. table xii 



