ſemble twice a year, eight days after the general aſſembly, and at as many other times as occaſions require. Moreover, they have alſo the little council, called the weekly council, becauſe it meets every week in the year. The exterior Rhodes are now divided into nineteen communities; and the ſovereignty of them conſiſts in the double grand council of the country, called the old and new council, which aſſembles once a year, eight days after the aſſembly of the country, at Trogen or at Herifaw, and is compoſed of ninety and odd perſons. Then follows the grand council, in which, beſides the ten officers, the reigning chiefs of all the communities have ſeats, the directors of the buildings, the chancellor, and the ſautier, which make thirty-five perſons; the reigning land amman preſides. After this comes the little council from before the ſittern, which is held every firſt Tueſday of each month at Trogen; the reigning land amman is the preſident, to whom always aſſiſts, alternately, an officer, with a member of council from all the thirteen communities, the chancellor of the country, and the ſautier, and conſiſts of twenty and odd perſons. The little council from behind the ſittern is held under the preſidency of the reigning land amrnan, whenever occaſion requires; it is held at Herifaw, Hundwyl, or Urnaeſchen: at it aſſiſt the chancellor of the country, and the ſautier, with the counſellors of the ſix communities behind the ſittern, appointed for this ſervice.
Let me aſk, if here are not different orders of men, and balances in abundance? Such an handful of people, living by agriculture, in primitive ſimplicity, one would think might live very quietly, almoſt without any government at all; yet, inſtead of being capable of collecting
