Lacoste on the department of Haute-Loire, Oct.

13, 1808.) "He always calculated in this department on the desertion of one-half of the conscripts.

In most of the cantons the gendarmes traffic with the conscription shamefully; certain conscripts pension them to show them favors."-- Ibid., A F.,VI., 1052.

(Report by Pelet, Jan.

12, 1812.) "The operation of the conscription has improved (in the Herault); the contingents of 1811 have been furnished.