Weavers 19 Peddlers 12 Masons and Tilers 28 Water-carriers 11 Stage and Carriage Drivers 35 Shoemakers 50 Farmers and Gardeners 31 Servants 23 Individuals employed in Foundries, etc. 18 Day-laborers 113 Carpenters 31 Liquor-sellers 22 Smiths 23 Grocers and Fruit-sellers 18 Soldiers, on pensions 30 Clock-makers and Jewelers 16 Barbers and Hair-dressers 16 Persons without trade or calling 64 Tailors 22 Plasterers, Pavers, etc. 21 Coopers 11 Painters, Glaziers, and Printers 25 Whereas there were only Surgeons, Physicians, and Lawyers 4 Teachers 3 Musicians 9 The inference drawn by M. Parent-Duchatelet from this is, that brothels are supplied from the classes of domestics and factory-girls; and that girls not bred to work rarely find their way into them. Rather more than one third of the fathers of these prostitutes were unable to sign their names. Of the prostitutes born at Paris, about one fourth were illegitimate; of those born in the departments, one eighth were illegitimate. Rather more than half the Paris prostitutes could not write their names; a degree of ignorance which argues very remarkable neglect on the part of parents, for at Paris every one may learn to write gratuitously, and a person who can not write will always experience difficulty in obtaining employment. Nearly half the prostitutes were between the ages of twenty and twenty-six inclusive. One declared herself, or was proved to be, only twelve years old; thirty-four were over fifty; two were over sixty. On reference to the rolls of inscription, it appeared that the bulk of the prostitutes registered themselves between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two; but thirty-four were inscribed before the age of fourteen, which may be assumed to be the period of puberty in France, and a few after passing fifty. The following table shows the number of years during which the Paris prostitutes had exercised their calling at the time the inquiry was made: Time. Number of Prostitutes.