723; at the present time it is said to be, in round
numbers, 200,000.

In 1828, the number of workshops in all branches of the silk trade within
the walls, amounted to 7,140; that of the silk frames or looms to 18,829;
and from 10,000 to 12,000 in the communes.

W.G.C.

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The ditty sung by the first grave-digger in _Hamlet_, beginning--

"In youth, when I did love, did love"--

was written by Lord Vaux, an ancestor of Lord Brougham. It will be found
entire in _Percy's Reliques_.

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