[89]DufortdeCheverney，\"Mémoires，\"（February26，March31andSeptember6，1797）。\"Thatpoortheoristicimbecile，LaRévellière—
Lepaux，who，joiningBarrasandReubellagainstBarthélémyandCarnot，madethe18thofFructidor，andshuthimselfinhisroomsoasnottowitnessit，himselfavowsthequalityofhisstaff。\"（\"Memoires，\"II。，164。）\"The18thofFructidornecessitatednumerouschangesonthepartoftheDirectory。Insteadofputtingrepublicans，butaboveall，honest，wiseandenlightenedmenintheplaceofthefunctionariesandemployeesdismissedorrevoked，theselectionsdictatedbythenewCouncilsfellforthemostpartonanarchistsandmenofbloodandrobbery。\"
[90]Lacretelle，\"Dixansd’épreuves，\"p。317。AfewdaysafterFructidor，Robert，anoldJacobin，exclaimedwithgreatjoyontheroadtoBrie—Comté，\"Alltheroyalistsaregoingtobedrivenoutorguillotined！\"TheseriesF。7intheArchivesNationales，containshundredsoffilesfilledwithreports\"onthestateofthepublicmind，\"ineachdepartment，townorcantonbetweentheyearsIII。andVIII。Ihavegivenseveralmonthstotheirexaminationand，forlackofspace，cannotcopyanyextracts。TherealhistoryofthelastfiveyearsoftheRevolutionmaybefoundinthesefiles。Mallet—Dupangivesacorrectimpressionofitinhis\"CorrespondanceaveclacourdeVienne，\"alsointhe\"MercureBritannique。\"
[91]Sauzay，X。，chaps。8oand90。—LudovicSciout，IV。，ch。17。
（SeeespeciallyinSauzay，X。，pp。170and281，theinstructionsgivenbyDuval，December16，1796，andthecircularsofFran？oisdeNeufchateaufromNovember20，1798，downtoJune18，1798，eachofthesepiecesbeingamasterpieceinitsway。