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SWITZERLAND. 



Cantons. Chief Towns. 



Schaffhausen - - Schaffhausen 



Zug - - ' - Zug 



The subjects of the Swiss, consisting of the "J 

 bailiwicks, free districts, towns of Brem- V 

 garten, Milligen, Sec. J 



The allies, viz. the republic of Geneva, thel 

 Grisons, the Valais, the town of Muhlhau- [» 

 sen, principality of Neufchatel, Sec. J 



Total 



Sq. Miiea. 

 128 

 80 



1888 



Population, 

 30,000 

 12,000 



348,000 



5296 551,000 



14.960 1,867,000 



Under the present constitution and government of Switzerland, the 

 country, exclusive of the republic of Valais, and the territory of 

 Neufchatel, is divided into 20 cantons, the extent and population of 

 which are estimated as follows : 



Cantons. 



1. Aargau 



2. Appenzel 



3. Basil 



4. Bern 



5. Freyburg - 



6. Glaris 



7. Grisons 



8. Leman, or Pays-de- 

 Vaud . - 



9. Lucern - 



10. St. Gall - 



1 1. Schaffhausen - 



12. Schweitz - 



13. Soleure 



14. Tessin 

 15 Thurgau 



16. Unterwalden 



17. Uri 



18. Zug - - ' - 



19. Zurich - 



20. Geneva 



Chief Towns. 



Aargau 



Appenzel 



Basil 



Bern 



Freyburg 



Glaris 



Chur or Coire 



> Lausanne 



Lucern 



St. Gall 



Schaffhausen 



Schweitz 



Soleure 



Bellinzona 



Frauenfeld 



Stanz 



Altorf 



Zug 



Zurich 



Geneva 



Sq. Miles. 



Population, 



448 



134,444 



256 



60,000 



160" 



40,000 



1920 



232,508 



576 



89,610 



336 



24,000 



2240 



75,000 



1280 



145,215 



496 



110,000 



704 



162,000 



128 



30,000 



384 



32,000 



240 



43,610 



720 



1 60.000 



260 



75,000 



192 



20,000 



464 



20,000 



88 



15,000 



768 



182,123 



60 



30,000 



The republic of Valais 

 Principality of Neufcha-" 

 tel, or Neuenburg',1 

 and the county of| 

 Valentin 



Sitten or Sion 



Neufchatel 



1360 100,000 



240 45,000 



Total 13,320 1,825,510 



Face of the country, mountains... The face of Switzerland is in 

 general so mountainous, that even the parts of it accounted level 

 abound with eminences that in other countries would be called moun- 

 tains. Nature seems here to have formed every thing on her grand- 

 est scale. The summits of the Alps, Mount St. Bernard, St. Gothard, 

 the Jungfrau, or Virgin, and the Schreckenhorn, or Peak of Terror, 

 present the most sublime and stupendous scenes: but Mont Blanc, 

 the highest mountain of the old continent, is particularly distinguish- 

 ed from the other mountains, by having its summits and sides cloth- 



