I take more pleasure in reading those than any young girl does in a novel."-- Cadet de Gassicourt, "Voyage en Autriche"(1809).

On his reviews at Schoenbrunn and his verification of the contents of a pontoon-wagon, taken as an example.] [Footnote 1159: One ancient French league equals app.

4 km.

(SR.)] [Footnote 1160: Bourrienne, II., 116; IV., 238: "He had not a good memory for proper names, words, and dates, but it was prodigious for facts and localities.

I remember that, on the way from Paris to Toulon, he called my attention to ten places suitable for giving battle....