LETTER X.



                        SWITZ.



My dear Sir,



THE canton of Switz has the honour of giving the name to the whole 

confederation, because the first battle for independency was fought there: 

yet it consists only of villages divided into six quarters, the first of 

which is Switz, where the ordinary regency of the country resides. The 

sovereign is the whole country; that is to say, the sovereignty resides in 

the general assembly of the country, where all the males of fifteen years of 

age have a right of entry and suffrage.



Yet they have their land amman; and their ordinary regency, at which the 

land amman presides, composed of sixty counsellors, taken equally from the 

six quarters. All the necessary officers are taken from this council.



There are, besides, the secret chamber, the chamber of seven, and the 

chamber of nine, for finance, justice, and police.