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tliouirht, and enthusiasm. Wirtembcrf]^ is the heart of ancient Suabia. The 

 Suabian dialect, in a more restricted sense, however, prevails between the 

 Sclnvarzwald and the river Lech, and from the Allgau Alps to the river 

 Kochcr, or in the greater part of Wirtemberg, and beyond the latter, as far 

 as Augsburg. The people of Baden are esteemed industrious, faithful, sincere, 

 honest, and brave in war. The inhabitants of the Schwarzwald exhibit, in the 

 highest degree, the simplicity and honesty of the German stock. They are 

 sensible, enduring, frugal, temperate, modest, and very religious ; they are 

 lively and cheerful ; in many places, indeed, also brawling and quarrelsome ; 

 in others, on the contrary, of very peaceable disposition. 



The inhabitant of the Odcnwald is, with all his poverty, cheerful and 

 hospitable. He lives quietl}-, and thinks much and freely. The people of 

 the Rhine valley are represented as well formed, sensible, laborious, and neat. 

 They are quicker and apparently more enlightened than the inhabitants of 

 the mountain forests, but neither so frugal nor altogether so correct in their 

 morals. Here, again, great differences are exhibited in character, which 

 varies according to the configuration of the country. The AVirtemberg 

 peasant is accused of an extravagant refinement in customs and mode 

 of life, and especially of abandoning his national costume, particularly in 

 the neighborhood of the towns. To the costume of the Wirtemberg peasant 

 belong, more particularly, a triangular hat, worn upon the smoothly 

 combed hair ; also a comb in the hair ; a warm smock-frock, with polished 

 metal buttons ; shoes with buckles ; a kind of bodice ; red stockings and high 

 heels. 



Our plate represents, in the first place, a peasant girl of the district of Fwrt- 

 wangen in Baden {pi. 2, fig. 1). She has on a narrow-brimmed straw liiait,. at 

 black jacket over a red bodice adorned with blue ribands, and a white- apron 

 embroidered at the bottom over a black and red striped pettieoat. The- 

 stockings are red. 



Fig. 2. A shepherd of Ilauenstein, in the highland of Badenv His hat is 

 turned up at the sides, and ornamented with a black riband and a buckle ;• 

 above a red undercoat, bordered at the top with black, he wears a short black 

 sack coat ; the breeches are short, black, and gathered up in puffs in severaJ 

 places ; the stockings are white. 



Figs. 3 and 4. Schwarzwald tavernkeepers, from the region about 

 Schrambero;. The dress of the man is black as far down as the stockings, 

 which are white, the waistcoat being bordered with red. The woman has 

 a peculiar, high, black lace cap, with broad ribands, a yellow stomacher^ 

 cinnamon-colored jacket, red apron, and blue petticoat. The stockings are- 

 grey or white. 



Figs. 5 and 6. Male and female peasants of the district of Reut- 

 lingen, in Wirtemberg. engaged in making hay. Both the man and 

 woman have on black caps. The woman weai^ a riband with a medal 

 around the neck ; the bodice is peach-blossom colored, with double broad 

 green trimming above and black lacings below. The chemise sleeves 

 are wide^ petticoat blue with a yellow border ;• stockings and apron 

 white. The man wears short yeTlow leather breeches and a long white 



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