Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Exposition Universelle de 1851, Vol. 1: Travaux de la Commission Fran�aise sur l'Industrie des Nations; Publi�s par Ordre de l'Empereur; Septieme Partie
Certaines croyances d'ailleurs, et l'islamisme en particulier, attachaient un pr�jug� contraire � toute esp�ce de d�nombrement; une pareille op�ration, suivant cette id�e superstitieuse, ne manquerait pas d'attirer sur les populations quelque ch�timent c� leste.
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