The mistake of all these calculations seems to be that they do not take into account the fact that more bread or more corn will be eaten when they become the sole means of providing for the population.

Thus the daily return of flour sold in Paris is about one-third above the average.

The reason is simple, and yet it seems to occur to no one.

French people, more particularly the poorer classes, can exist upon much less than Englishmen; but the prospect for any one blessed with a good appetite is by no means reassuring.

In the Rue Blanche there is a butcher who sells dogs, cats, and rats.