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Garden, "Traités," vol. viii., ch. xxxiv. See too Roederer, "Oeuvres," vol. iii., p. 461, for Napoleon's expressions after dinner on January 11th, 1803: "Maudit sucre, maudit café, maudites colonies."

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Cornwallis, "Correspondence," vol. iii., despatch of December 3rd, 1801.

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See the valuable articles on General Decaen's papers in the "Revue historique" of 1879 and of 1881.