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ENGLISH NAVVIES IN FRANCE. 



CHAP, XV. 



only quelled by the aid of the military. The conse- 

 quence was that the big barrows were abandoned to the 

 English workmen, who earned nearly double the wages 

 of the Frenchmen. The manner in which they stood to 

 their work was matter of great surprise and wonder- 

 ment to the French countrypeople, who came crowding 

 round them in their blouses, and, after gazing admiringly 

 at their expert handling of the pick and mattock, and 

 the immense loads of " dirt " which they wheeled out, 

 would exclaim to each other, " Mon Dieu, voila ! voila 

 ces Anglais, comme its trayaillent ! " 



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