[378] The figures indicate the various prices of a given amount of salt.

[379] See above, p. [366].

[380] Reference, Lowell, Eve of the French Revolution, Chapter III.

[381] See above, Chapter [XVIII].

[382] Only a very small portion of the nobility were descendants of the ancient and illustrious families of France. The king could grant nobility to whom he would; moreover, many of the government offices, especially those of the higher judges, carried the privileges of nobility with them.

[383] Reference, Lowell, Eve of the French Revolution, Chapter XIII.

[384] See above, [§ 192].

[385] See Lowell, Eve of the French Revolution, pp. 116–118.

[386] See the account of Voltaire's defense of Calas in Perkins, Louis XV, Vol. II, pp. 198 sqq.

[387] See above, p. [500].