We kept these irons on the rest of the route, and they were so heavy that, if the carriage had tilted to one side, we should inevitably have had our legs broken.

The gate-keepers of the conciergerie of Paris, who had held their places nine-teen years, were astonished at it."] [Footnote 33153: Archives des Affaires etrangeres, vol.331.

(Letter of Haupt, Belfort, Frimaire 13, year II.)] [Footnote 33154: Ibid.

(Letter by Desgranges, Bordeaux, Frimaire 10.)] [Footnote 33155: Ibid., vol.332.

(Letter of Thiberge, Marseilles, Frimaire 14.) "I surrounded the town with my small army."] [Footnote 33156: Ibid., 331.