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210 SECOND JOURNEY THROUGH FRA.NOE IN 1814.~cription, near-sighted men were made toplead tbeir clergy. If theycould read through a diminishingglass they were exempted; if not~they marched.In regard to taxation, it is considered this year as very heavy. Butt~lÏs is only according tothe a.Ilcient cadastre. The genera.lcontributionto be m.ade upis. eleven hundred millions (fifty millions sterling).The .imp~t pe,rsonnelle et mobiliaire i8 a fiftieth· on property. Houseaudwindow tax are tated according to the situation of tnep_·emises.Eighthundred nüllions (tnirty...three miUiollS$te~ling)anrlualliWFranccois very wcll ablerto bear, itis admitted byaH.Thework...house, or maison deif,.étejltion, here mustinterest the philan....thropist~when he learns t11at it proce~ds to its object withoutaft'ordingthesweets ofjobbing or salary. It Îs. nottrue'i tbat"noone isto_fo~.ul,d wht)wiU doa.ny tlling withoutb(~ing paid fOl; it.J> But,it,Ïs ttu,eth~tj befote wc take. tJpon·. US te) cast imptJ.tations UpOll o.thers for vices~atour o:'YD:discretion,..,we ought toin:lÏtatcprequal them in the virtnesthey do put inpractice. In tlüs establishm~'Q:t,w:hichris C())ln~l())nthe pr~vince,six hnndred prisonersa.re :watched,dieted~ lodged,c}oth.ed~and fitted ont in the w'oJ'ld forindustry, for:.tb.e snllltof.6,5001.anl:luaUy.:theacln}illistrators of the boardwhich regulates it ~respectable inhabi...tants of the town) acting without salaries. The prison has been huilt"and institution formed, sinee the revolution; indeed witbin tbesetenyears.Men, women, andchil(lren are, eaeh description, kept apart. Two.sleep in each bed. These " sleeping-rooms are so cleankept, that at eighto'clock in the nlQflling, on entering them, it would he thought they badnot .beên inhabited for six lll,onths. lVfattresses and wooUeneoverlets,laid on boards on iron tressels, constitute the bedding, everyarticle·Qf,h,which is made in the prison. N othingpresents itself to oft'end any seJ1se, ~.