Cf “Oty 1) 
GEOLOGICAL TABLE. 
_Arpens or Acres. 
Alluvial and other rich soil, 26,159,340 
Chalky do 13,268,911 
Gravelly do | 3,261,826 
Stony do 18,128,660 
Sandy do 7,553,956 
Substratum of clay with a slight covering | 
of sand—called landes, 21,879,120 
Granitic and other mountains, | 25,261,946 
AGRICULTURAL TABLE, 
RSs siete aitidin Sanne 
- 63,600,000 
Vineyards, - - - - - = = = + 4,764,960 
Woods -i2.- <2 22-74 - 15,931,850 
Natural meadows, -. - - = - = 5,464,800 
Artificial meadows, .- --- - - = 6,332,100 
Lakes, marshes, wastes, - ee cine 19,400,049 
Total, 115,493,759 
From the average of a number of statistical tables 
made by the Abbe D’Expillyt and others, it appears 
that in 1777, the agriculture of France was sufficient 
for the subsistence. of its inhabitants, and had a sur- 
plus to spare 3(1) and though it be universally ad- 
mitted that her condition in this respect is not less 
prosperous now than it was lhen,(2) still it cannot 
(1) The products of agricultural labour were, in these tables, stated at 114,552,000 
L, T. Those of manufacturing labor at 128,015,000. 
(2) The effects of the revolution of 1789 on agriculture, are no longer doubtful. 
The suppression of tythes—of the exclusive privilege—of the chace—of every species 
