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25. On ne loi connaissait pas d'amis: He was not known to hâve any friends, See ch^. 2, note i.

26. Nièvre. The name of the department of modem France occupying nearly the same position as the old province of Nivernais.

27. denrée: property, The word means, literally, **personal property."

28. Pécole forestière. The foreste m France are protected by the govemment. The ofBcers in charge must be graduâtes of the School of Forestry. This school was established at Nancy in 1829.