" - We see by Beaumarchais' correspondence
that one of his friends travels around in the environs of Paris to
find bread. "It is said here (he writes from Soizy, June 5, 1795)
that flour may be had at Briare. If this were so I would bargain with
a reliable man there to carry it to you by water-carriage between
Briare and Paris. . . In the mean time I do not despair of finding
a loaf." - Letter of a friend of Beaumarchais: "This letter costs you
at least one hundred francs, including paper, pen, ink, and lamp-oil.
For economy's sake I write it in your house."
[142] Cf. Schmidt, "Tableaux de Paris," vols. II. and III.
(Reports of the Police, at the dates designated.)
[143] Dauban, "Paris en 1794," pp.562, 568, 572.
[144] Mallet-Dupan, "Correspondance avec la cour de Vienne," I., 254.
(July 18, 1795.)
[145] Schmidt, ibid. (Report of Fructidor 3, year III.)
[146] Schmidt, ibid., vols. II. and III. (Reports of the police at
the dates designated.)
[147] Meissner, " Voyage ? Paris," 132. Ibid., 104. " Bread is made
with coarse, sticky black flour, because they put in potatoes, beans,
Indian corn and millet, and moreover it is badly baked.
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