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and honorable characteristic traits of the Austrian, is no less ardent. It is 

 not only the soil that he loves, it is the sacred idea of the Fatherland, for the 

 sake of which he joyfully meets every danger." 



The inhabitants of Upper and Lower Austria are not only distinguished by 

 the different dialects spoken by them, and which our space forbids us to char- 

 acterize in this place, but also by their different manners and costumes. 

 There is even a marked difference among the Lower Austrians themselves, 

 inhabiting different districts, observable not only in dress and habits, but 

 even in bodily form, strength, and beauty. In the central part of the country, 

 the dress is very much the same everywhere, and not very becoming. It 

 consists of handkerchiefs (among the rich, of black silk) tied around the 

 head, with two long ends covering the neck ; short jackets with short 

 waists and broad shoulder-pieces, variegated handkerchiefs around the 

 neck and bosom, long petticoats, and aprons. The men, especially the 

 artisans in small towns, w^ear cloth caps, or old-fashioned felt hats, coats of 

 medium length, and short or long breeches. In the vicinity of the moun- 

 tains and in the mountains themselves, however, the peculiarities of the 

 mountaineers, or inhabitants of the neighboring Alps, may be observed ; in 

 the same way the vicinity off towns is ound to influence the dress of country 

 people. 



The Upper Austrians are a ver}^ susceptible people and full of humor, as 

 well as industrious, benevolent, and honest ; in them cordiality is united with 

 prudence and activity. They understand the mode of cultivating their beauti- 

 ful country better than the Lower Austrians, and are more advanced in hus- 

 bandry generally than the latter. They are wdthal a handsome, healthy race ; 

 the beauty of the w^omen of Upper Austria, especially in the vicinity of liaz^ 

 has even become proverbial. 



The people of Salzburg are able-bodied, courageous, and of a poetical tem^ 

 perament. PL 3, fig. 19, represents a Salzburg woman, W'ith the becoming 

 cap; rich in gold. The females of Linz and other Austrian women wear a 

 similar cap, w^hich, however, is going out of fashion. The peasant of Pongau 

 in Salzburg {fig. 16) wears a broad girdle around the waist; green suspend- 

 ers, with a cross-band; a waistcoat with rwo row^s of buttons; short black 

 breeches ; white or grey stockings ; shoes ; and a brown coat, bordered in 

 front with green, without lappels, and with a short collar. The hat is the 

 usual round one. Fig. 17 represents an Upper Austrian peasant from Lake 

 St. Gilgen, wdth round hat ; short red waistcoat, trimmed with gold lace ; 

 short ordinary blue jacket wdth metal buttons ; short black breeches, with 

 broad waistband, trimmed with lace, and either tied or buttoned at the knee ; 

 w^hite stockings, and half boots laced in front. The country girls on Lake 

 Fuschl, in Upper Austria {fig. 18), wear a round, somewhat broad-brimmed 

 hat, a low stomaclier and breast-piece, a long colored frock, and a blue or fancy 

 colored apron. Around the neck they wear a broad pearl necklace, w^ith a 

 large locket. 



The Styrians belong to two entirely diff*erent stocks, the German and 

 the Slavonic ; the former inhabiting the northern, the latter (the Wendes) 

 the southern part of Styria. The Germans speak the rough and harsh 



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