[932] See M. Loumyer's note to his translation of Adams and Cunningham's work, p. 269.
[933] In 1830 there were still Swiss regiments in the French service, and a Swiss legion was enrolled by England for the Crimean War. This seems to be the last instance of the old practice.
[934] Adams and Cunningham, as cited, p. 303.
[935] Essay, bk. ii, ch. v.
[936] Id. 7th ed. pp. 173-75.
[937] Kay, The Social Condition and Education of the People in England and Europe, 1850, i, 67, 68, 74, 76. Kay unfortunately does not go into history, and we are left to conjecture as to the course of opinion between the issue of Malthus's Essay and 1850.
[938] See Kay, as cited. Compare the earlier calculations to similar effect cited by Malthus.
[939] An increase of nearly 63,000 in eleven years.
[940] Cp. Kay, as cited, i, 9-11.
[941] Seven Letters, p. 31.