" - Granier de
Cassagnac, "Histoire du Directoire," I., 51. (Letter of M. Andot to
the author.) "There were three-quarter pound days, one-half pound and
one-quarter pound days and many at two ounces. I was achild of twelve
and used to go and wait four hours in the morning in a line, rue de
l'Ancienne Com?die. There was a fourth part of bran in the bread,
which was very tender and very soft. . . . and it contained one-
fourth excess of water. I brought back eight ounces of bread a day
for the four persons in our household."
[148] Dauban, 586.
[149] Schmidt, ibid. (Reports of Brumaire 24, and Frimaire 13, year
IV.)
[150] This state of misery is prolonged far beyond this epoch in Paris
and the provinces. ~f. Schmidt, "Tableaux de Paris," vol. III.-
Felix Rocquam, "L'Etat de la France au 18e Brumaire," p.156. (Report
by Fourcroy, Niv?se 5, year IX.) Convoys of grain fail to reach Brest
because the English are masters at sea, while the roads on land are
impassable. "we are assured that the people of Brest have long been
on half-rations and perhaps on quarter-rations."
[151] 1st It is difficult to arrive at even approximate figures, but
the following statements will render the idea clear.
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