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64. Hoohe. Laznre Hoche wns bom near Versailles in 17C8, of vory bnroble parentnge, and enlisted in tlie French Guurds at sixteen During the revolutionary war lie served in FIniiders as ii lieutenant under Dumourivz. Having distinguislied himself he nas rapidiy proinotrd, and at tlie âge of twenty-four waa made gênerai in oomniaud of the army of the Moselle. Upon incnrring the disiileasme of Saint-Just, a mi niber of the extrême pnrty, he was thrown into prison in Parin, wlicn his life was saved by the tiinely overthrow of Robespierre, July, 1794. Tlie Convention reslored liim to liis rauk and sent hini ngaiiisi the iiisurgents of La Vendée. By his firmness and tact he rapidly quelled the insurrection. He died in 1797 at the early âge of thirty-one.

66. Oaeqnoil, more properly Haequoil. There are many familles of thflt name at the présent moment living in the parish of St. Uuen, on the north-west coast of Jersey.

66. quarante ans ponr . . . , * who are forty,' as r< gards their bodily streiigth, and eiglity, if you conaider tiieir awendancy over otbers.