Note 53 — FIRST SECTION.

Remarkably enough some would derive the name Bordeaux (Bordel) from the French bord and eau, because the houses of ill-fame were almost always to be found on the bank of the river or in bagnios! Parent-Duchatelet, “Die Sittenverderbniss in der Stadt Paris,” (The Corruption of Morals in the City of Paris), Vol. I. p. 125.