Taine, _Angleterre_, pp. 176, 232–3. Footnote 236: _Ibid._ p. 233. Footnote 237: _Wealth of Nations_, III. iv. 183, 2, &c. Footnote 238: Bacon, _Nov. Org._, I. xlv. Footnote 239: See below, Bk. IV. Footnote 240: Except the hog, adds Gibbon, _Decl. and F._, ch. ix. p. 171 n. Footnote 241: See above, p. 48. Footnote 242: The phrase on p. 216 of 2nd ed. (p. 148 of 7th), “in the preceding summer of 1788,” is probably a slip. We do not hear elsewhere of any visit so early. See below, Bk. V. Footnote 243: See above, p. 49. Cf. 2nd ed., p. 281; 7th ed., p. 173, &c. Footnote 244: For his other movements and other details of his life, see Bk. V. (Biography). Footnote 245: 2nd and 7th edd., Bk. II. ch. i. Footnote 246: _Essay_, 2nd ed., p. 189; 7th ed., p. 129. Footnote 247: The Russian figures being incredible. See later, p. 133. Footnote 248: 2nd ed., p. 184; 7th ed., p. 126. Footnote 249: 2nd ed., pp. 188, 189; 7th ed., pp. 128, 129. Cf. Thornton’s chapter (II.) on the “Social Effects of Peasant Proprietorships,” _Peas. Prop._ (ed. 1874), p. 55. Footnote 250: In 6th ed., 1826. See 7th ed., p. 144. Footnote 251: _English Blue Book on Foreign Poor Laws_, 1875, p. 109. Footnote 252: _Statesman’s Year Book_, 1880, p. 439. Footnote 253: _Essay_, 7th ed., p 112. Footnote 254: _E. g._ that of _Essay_, 7th ed., p. 130. Footnote 255: _Essay_, 7th ed., p. 139; cf. pp. 151, 152. Footnote 256: _Ibid._ p. 152. Footnote 257: _Essay_, Bk. II. ch. ii. Footnote 258: _Ibid._ Bk. II. ch. iii. Footnote 259: 2nd ed., pp. 213–14; 7th ed., pp. 146, 147. Footnote 260: 2nd ed., pp. 214–15; 7th ed., p. 147, foot. Footnote 261: _Ibid._ p. 218; 7th ed., p. 150. Cf. above, p. 30. Footnote 262: 2nd ed., p. 219; 7th ed., p. 151. Compare Price, _Observations_, p. 280 note; and especially Hume, _Pop. of Anc. N._, p. 445 (ed. 1768). Footnote 263: _Essay_, ibid. Footnote 264: _Essay_, 2nd ed., p. 220; 7th ed., p. 151. Footnote 265: _Ibid._ p. 221; 7th ed., p. 152. Footnote 266: _Essay_, 2nd ed., pp. 216–17; 7th ed., p. 149. Footnote 267: _Ibid._ 7th ed., Bk. II. chs. iv. to x., as rearranged in the 3rd ed. Footnote 268: _Six Centuries of Work and Wages_, pp. 118, 119. Footnote 269: _Essay_, 2nd ed., II. v. p. 245; 7th ed., II. iv. p. 159. Cf. 2nd ed., p. 320; 7th ed., p. 206. Footnote 270: _Ibid._ 2nd ed., p. 347; 7th ed., p. 260. Footnote 271: _Ibid._ 2nd ed., p. 348; 7th ed., p. 260. Footnote 272: See above, p. 18. Footnote 273: So in substance Cairnes in his rehabilitation of the Wages Fund. _Leading Principles_, pp. 196 seq. Cliffe Leslie _passim_. Footnote 274: _Essay_, 2nd ed., p. 240; 7th ed., p. 155. Footnote 275: _Ibid._ p. 247; 7th ed., p. 160. Footnote 276: