udun, and H, 1149, 612, 1418.]

[Footnote 5117: Ibid.. The letters of M. de Crosne, intendant of Rouen
(February 17, 1784); of M. de Blossac, intendant of Poitiers (May 9,
1784); of M. de Villeneuve, intendant of Bourges (March 28, 1784); of
M. de Cypierre, intendant of Orleans (May 28, 1784); of M. de Maziron,
intendant of Moulins (June 28, 1786); of M. Dupont, intendant of Moulins
(Nov. 16, 1779), etc.]

[Footnote 5118: Archives nationales, H, 200 (A memorandum by M. Amelot,
intendant at Dijon, 1786).]

[Footnote 5119: Gautier de Bianzat, "Doleances sur les surcharges que
portent les gens du Tiers-Etat," etc. (1789), p. 188.--"Proces-verbaux
de I'assemblee provinciale d'Auvergne" (1787), p. 175.]

[Footnote 5120: Theron de Montauge, "L'Agriculture et les chores rurales
dans le Toulousain," 112.]

[Footnote 5121: "Proces-verbaux de assemblee provinciale de la
Haute-Guyenne," I. 47, 79.]

[Footnote 5122: "Proces-verbaux de l'assemblee provinciale du
Soissonais" (1787), p. 457; "de l'assemblee provinciale d'Auch," p. 24.]

[Footnote 5123: "Resume des cahiers," by Prudhomme, III. 271.]

[Footnote 5124: Hippeau, ibid. VI. 74, 243 (grievances drawn up by the
Chevalier de Bertin).]

[Footnote 5125: See the article "Fermiers et Grains," in the
Encyclopedia, by Quesnay, 1756.]

[Footnote 5126: Theron de Montauge, p.25.--"Ephemerides du citoyen,"
III. 190 (1766); IX. 15 (an article by M. de Butre, 1767).]

[Footnote 5127: "Proces-verbaux de l'assemblee provinciale de
l'Orleanais" (1787), in a memoir by M. d'Autroche.]

[Footnote 5128: One is surprised to see such a numerous people fed even
though one-half, or one-quarter of the arable land is sterile wastes.
(Arthur Young, II, 137.)]

[Footnote 5129: Archives nationales, H, 1149. A letter of the Comtesse
de Saint-Georges (1772) on the effects of frost. "The ground this
year will remain uncultivated, there being already much land in this
condition, and especially in our parish." Theron de Montauge, ibid.. 45,
80.]

[Footnote 5130: Arthur Young, II. 112, 115.--Theron de Montauge, 52,
61.]

[Footnote 5131: The Marquis de Mirabeau, "Traite de la population,"
p.29.]

[Footnote 5132: Cf Galiani, "Dialogues sur le commerce des bles."
(1770), p. 193. Wheat bread at this time cost four sous per pound.]

[Footnote 5133: Arthur Young, II. 200, 201, 260-265.--Theron de
Montauge, 59, 68, 75, 79, 81, 84.]

[Footnote 5134: "The poor people who cultivate the soil here a