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(3), A brown glazed-calico skirt, so closely plaited roundthe waist that the gathers are positively as thick as the foldsin a fan; and the said skirt cut so short, that it reveals agood eighteen inches of blue worsted stocking, terminating ina thick muddy shoe.

(4), A black silk kerchief tied round the neck, cravatfashion, and with a füll black velvet Chemisette, ornamentedwith a gilt band showing beneath it.

(5), A dark-blue linen apron, fastened round the waist bymeans of a broad leathern belt, that has huge brass clasps atthe back.

But the most peculiar part of the Bregenz fashions consistsin the extreme flatness of the bust that the peasant-womenstudy to produce; for so wedded are the ladies of the Bre-genzer-wäld to high dresses, that they take the greatestpossible pains, we were assured, to hide the charms peculiarto low-necked ones ; and certainly those whom we saw mighthave been mistaken for A-mazons in the thorough sense ofthe term.

The costume of the men, on the other hand, consists of alight grey kind of postilion's jacket, with black knee breechesand huntsman's high boots; some of them wear the Swisspeasant's hat, with a gold shaving-brush-like tassel danglingon the brim; whilst others in rainy weather appear in ablanket, which has a hole cut in the middle of it for the headto be thrust through; and this, whenever the peasant entersa tavern, or has to wait for any time on the road, is takenoff and used as either a horse-cloth or cow-cloth, accordingto the cattle driven by its owner.

Another peculiarity of the Tyrol towns may be noted inthe shooting-houses that are usually to be found in thesuburbs of each village. At Lindau, near the Land-thor, isseen the first Schützenhaus —a villa-like Weinwirthschaft,