(Letters of Chepy, passim, and especially those dated Frimaire II.)--Vol.

329.

(Letter of Chepy, August 24, 1793.) "At Annecy, the women have cut down the liberty-pole and burnt the archives of the club and of the commune.

At Chambery, the people wanted to do the same thing."-- Ibid.

(September 18, 1793.) "The inhabitants around Mont Blanc show neither spirit nor courage; the truth is, an anti-revolutionary spirit animates all minds."-- Ibid.