Zug

Zug, the smallest of the Swiss cantons, has an area of 92 sq. m. and a pop. (1898) of 23,245. The south-eastern part borders on the Alpine region, and is hilly and pastoral; the north-western part, enclosing a great part of the Lake of Zug, is a rich and beautiful country of cornfields and orchards. The inhabitants speak German, and are Catholics.—Zug, the picturesque mediæval capital, situated at the north-east end of the lake, 244 miles off Zurich by rail, has a pop. (1888) of 5160. Many persons were killed here in July 1887 by the fall of about thirty houses into the lake.