a sort of itinerant cow-keeper in Switzerland, particularly in the canton of Appenzell. These men do not raise as much hay as is requisite for their cattle during the winter, and some of them have no grafs lands. To supply this defect, they employ agents throughout the canton, whose province it is to inform them where good hay may be obtained, when the fenn, who is in want of fodder, agrees with the more opulent farmers for the winter, to whom he successively drives his cattle when they return from the grafs, in consequence of which he often visits five different places during the winter. The person who sells the hay provides the fenn with stabling for his beasts, and with board and lodgings for himself and family. The fenn pays the stipulated price for the hay, and allows his host as much milk, whey, and a kind of lean cheese, as may be made use of in the family, and also leaves him the manure of his cows. In the middle of April, the fenn again issues forth with his herd to the fertile Alps, which he rents during the summer.

Fine cattle are the pride of the cow-keeper who inhabits the Alps. He adorns his best cows with large bells suspended from broad thongs, which are manufactured and sold by the inhabitants of the Tyrol. These are fastened round the cow's neck by means of a large buckle. The largest of these bells measure a foot in diameter, swell out in the middle, and tapering towards the end. The whole peal of bells, including the thongs, is worth 150 guilders, while the apparel of the fenn himself, even in his best attire, is not worth more than 20 guilders. These bells are chiefly worn in the spring, when driven to the Alps, and in the autumn or winter. It is surprising to see how proud and pleased the cows stalk forth when ornamented with their bells. One would scarcely imagine how sensible these animals are of their rank, and even touched with vanity and jealousy! Should the leading cow be deprived of her honours, she is grieved at the disgrace, which is manifested by her constant lowing, abstaining from food, and growing lean. The rival, on whom the badge of distinction has devolved, feels her marked vengeance, being wounded and persecuted by her in the most furious manner, until the former either recovers her bell, or is removed from the herd. However singular this may appear, it is rendered indisputable by the concuring testimony of centuries.

The voice of the fenn brings the cows together, when dispersed on the Alps, who is then laid to allure them. That the cattle can well distinguish the note of their keeper, keeper, appears from their hasting to him, though at a great distance. He furnishes that cow which is in the habit of straying farthef with a small bell, and by her arrival he knows that all the rest are assembled.