M. Aubry thus divides the lace-makers of Normandy:—
| Department of Calvados— | |
| Arrondissement of Caen | 25,000 |
| Arr. of Bayeux | 15,000 |
| Arr. of Pont-l'Evêque, Falaise,* and Lisieux | 10,000 |
| Departments of La Manche and Seine-Inférieure | 10,000 |
| 60,000 |
The women earn from 50 sous to 25 sous a day, an improvement on the wages of the last century, which, in the time of Arthur Young, seldom amounted to 24 sous.
Their products are estimated at from 8 to 10 millions of francs (£320,000 to £400,000).
* "Falaise, dentelles façon de Dieppe."—Peuchet.
He had run away with the rich heiress of Coadelan.
Chants populaires de la Bretagne, par Th. Hersart de la Villemarqué.