.
Madame Victoire immediately put it to test; the juice did not coagulate.
The princess was highly delighted, as she was very fond of this species
of game. Fasting (on religious grounds), to which Madame Victoire was
addicted, put her to inconvenience; accordingly she awaited the midnight
stroke of Holy Saturday impatiently. A dish of chicken and rice and
other succulent dishes were then at once served up."

("Journal de Dumont d'Urville," commanding the vessel on which
Charles X. left France in 1830. Quoted by Vaulabelle, History of the
Restoration, VIII. p.465).

"The king and the Duc d'Angouleme questioned me on my various campaigns,
but especially on my voyage around the world in the 'Astrolabe.'
My narrative seemed to interest them very much, their interruptions
consisting of questions of remarkable naivete, showing that they
possessed no notions whatever, even the most superficial, on the
sciences or on voyages, being as ignorant on these points as any of the
old rentiers of the Marais.

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Note 5.

On the rate of direct taxation.

The following figures are extracted from the proces-verbaux of the
provincial assemblies (1778-1787)

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Access--Total en
Taille. iores de Capitation Impot des multiples
la taille. taillable. routes. de la taille.

Ile-de-France, 4,296,040 2,207,826 2,689,287 519,989 2,23
Lyonnais, 1,356,954 903,653 898,089 315,869 2,61
Generalite de Rouen, 2,671,939 1,595,051 1,715,592 598,258[6501] 2,46
Generalite de Caen, 1,939,665 1,212,429 1,187,823 659,034 2,56
Berry, 821,921 448,431 464,955 236,900 2,50
Poitou, 2,309,681 1,113,766 1,403,402 520,000 2,30
Soissonnats, 1,062,392 911,883 734,899 462,883 2,94
Orleanais, 2,353,892 1,256,125 1,485,720 586,385 2,34
Champagne, 1,783,850 1,459,780 1,377,371 807,280 3,00
Generalite d'Alencon, 1,742,655 1,120,041 1,067,849 435,637 2,47
Auvergne 1,999,040 1,399,678 1,753,026 310,468 2,70
Generalite d'Auch, 1,440,533 931,261 797,268 316,909[6502] 2,35
Haute-Guyenne, 2,531,314 1,267,619 1,268,855 308,993[6503] 2,47

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The principal of the taille being one, the figures in the last column
represent, for each province, the total of the four taxes in relation
to the taille. The average of all these is 2.53. The accessories of
the taille, the poll-tax and the tax for roads, are fixed for each
assessable party, pro rata to his taille. Multiply the