2nd ed., p. 296; cf. 7th ed., p. 182 n. “Indeed in adopting Sir F. d’Ivernois’s calculations respecting the actual loss of men during the Revolution, I never thought myself borne out by facts, but the reader will be aware that I adopted them rather for the sake of illustration than from supposing them strictly true.” Footnote 318: 7th ed., p. 188. Footnote 319: 7th ed., p. 176; cf. p. 175. Footnote 320: 7th ed., pp. 177, 181 n. Footnote 321: _Ibid._, p. 178 and n. Footnote 322: Not above suspicion. See 7th ed., p. 176 n. Footnote 323: The military advantage of an increasing population is pointed out also in the article on Newenham’s ‘Ireland,’ _Edin. Rev._, July 1808, p. 350. Footnote 324: Cf. Josiah Tucker, _On Trade_, p. 17 (3rd ed., 1753). Footnote 325: _Essay_, 2nd ed., p. 297 n; 7th ed., p. 185, which omits one clause. Cf. 2nd ed., pp. 290–1; 7th ed., pp. 179, 180. Footnote 326: 2nd ed., p. 291; 7th ed., pp. 179, 180. Cf. the often-quoted passages about the bleak rock and the garden, written (be it remarked) before and not after the Revolution, in Arthur Young’s _Travels in France_ (Bury St. Edmunds, 1792), pp. 36, 37, 42; cf. p. 341. Footnote 327: _E. g._ 5th, 1817; 7th ed., ch. vii. Footnote 328: 7th ed., p. 188. Footnote 329: Arthur Young, _Travels in France_, pp. 410, 437. Footnote 330: _Essay_, 7th ed., p. 189. Footnote 331: Cf. Fyffe, _Mod. Europe_, i. 124. Footnote 332: _Essay_, 7th ed., p. 189. Footnote 333: A characteristic utilitarian touch. 2nd ed., p. 295, top; 7th ed., p. 183. Footnote 334: _Ibid._ Footnote 335: 2nd ed., p. 294; 7th ed., p. 183. Footnote 336: _Essay_, 7th ed., p. 320 (III. vii.). Footnote 337: Levasseur, _France avec ses Colonies_ (1875), p. 842. According to Anderson, _Chron. Ded._, Vol. III. p. xliii, some said twenty, others seventeen. But Mr. Kitchin cites Vauban to show that there had been a decline in population from fifteen to thirteen millions between the beginning of the war of Succession and the end of it (1702, 1713).—_History of France_, vol. iii. p. 342. Cf. Fox Bourne’s _Life of Locke_, i. p. 350; Vauban’s _Dîme Royale_, pp. 162–3. Footnote 338: Josiah Tucker, _Essay on Trade_ (3rd ed., 1753), p. 14. There may be rhetorical exaggeration in his statements. “The subordination of the common people is an unspeakable advantage to the French in respect to trade. By this means the manufacturers [workmen] are always kept industrious. They dare not run into debauchery; to drunkenness they are not inclined. They are [practically by the law of military service] obliged to enter into the married state, whereby they raise up large families to labour, and keep down the price of it; and consequently, by working cheaper, enable the merchant to sell the cheaper.” Footnote 339: _Wealth of Nations_, IV. iii. pp. 220–1. Footnote 340: