"Fifteen to Sixteen hundred wretches, the excrement of the nation, degraded by shameful vices, covered with rags, and gorged with brandy, presented the most disgusting and revolting spectacle.

More than a hundred thousand persons of both sexes and of all ages and conditions interfered greatly with the operations of the troops.

The firing soon commenced and blood flowed: two innocent persons were wounded near me."] [Footnote 1218: De Goncourt, "La Societe Francaise pendant la Revolution." Thirty-one gambling-houses are counted here, while a pamphlet of the day is entitled "Petition des deux mill cent filles du Palais-Royal."] [Footnote 1219: Montjoie, 2nd part, 144 .-- Bailly, II, 130.] [Footnote 1220: Arthur Young, June 24th, 1789 .-- Montjoie, 2nd part, 69.] [Footnote 1221: Arthur Young, June 9th, 24th, and 26th.--"La France libre," passim, by C.Desmoulins.] [Footnote 1222: C.Desmoulins, letters to his father, and Arthur Young, June 9th.] [Footnote 1223: Montjoie, 2nd part, 69, 77, 124, 144.

C.Desmoulins, letter, of June 24th and the following days.] [Footnote 1224: Etienne Dumont, "Souvenirs," p.72 .-- C.

Desmoulins, letter of; June 24th .-- Arthur Young, June 25th .-- Buchez and Roux, II.
28.] [Footnote 1225: Bailly, I.227 and 179 .-- Monnier, "Recherches sur les causes," etc.