Volume 1 — FOOTNOTES
Reading edition
Port de Rochefort.
"Signed in the register:- { Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau,
{ Guillet, and Joseph de la
{ Tullaye, deputy
Oxyd of lead 85
Oxyd of iron 1
Sulphuric acid 13
Water 1
100
"To three pieces of scantling, 56 feet, 4½ c $2.52
"To ten pieces of scantling, 34 feet ——
"To sixty rafters, 714 feet, at 4 c 28.56
"To five pieces scantling, 40 feet, at 3 c 1.20
"To fifteen joists [?], 278½ feet, at 6 c 16.71
"J. J. Audubon & Co." $48.99
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · ETAT des Services du Citoyen Jean Audubon natif des Sables d'Ollonne Département de La Vendée âgé de 58 ans. It is signed by the Chief of AdNote 2 · The Audubons and Du Puigaudeaus were probably buried in one of the large cemeteries at Nantes, since no trace of their graves has been foundNote 3 · "The lead being coupelled, has proved to contain 2½ oz. fine silver to 100, which is nearly 3 dollars worth of that metal."Note 4 · To Baron G. Cuvier, with the highest respect of the author.— Paris—17 th. May, 1831.