. . . In the section of 'Les Amis de
la Patrie,' one half have no bread. . . . Three persons tumbled
down through weakness on the Boulevard du Temple."
* Flor?al 2, "most of the workmen in the 'R?publique' section are
leaving Paris on account of the scarcity of bread."
* Flor?al 5, "eighteen out of twenty-four inspectors state that
patience is exhausted and that things are coming to an end."
* Flor?al 14, "the distribution is always unsatisfactory on account of
the four-ounce ration; two thirds of the citizens do without it. One
woman, on seeing the excitement of her husband and her four children
who had been without bread for two days, trailed through the gutter
tearing her hair and striking her head; she then got up in a state of
fury and attempted to drown herself."
* Flor?al 20, "all exclaim that they cannot live on three ounces of
bread, and, again, of such bad quality. Mothers and pregnant women
fall down with weakness."
* Flor?al 21, "the inspectors state that they encounter many persons
in the streets who have fallen through feebleness and inanition."
* Flor?al 23, "a citoyenne who had no bread for her child tied it to
her side and jumped into the river.
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