un pays quelconque, some country or other

6. on trouve des neiges perpétuelles, the snow-line is found; the indefinite construction with on is often best translated by the passive voice. Also note the plural in French for our singular — "eternal snow."

Page 2. — 1. qu'enverrait la terre nue; note the inverted order of subject and predicate. This often occurs when the subject idea is the longer or is to be emphasized.

2. Chamonix (the x is silent). The valley of Chamonix is about twelve miles long and one-half mile wide. In picturesqueness of scenery and in the .grandeur of its glaciers it is one of the most beautiful spots in the Alps, and is every summer a center of attraction for many

thousands of travelers. The town of the same name is mostly a collection of summer hôtels and tiny shops for the sale of photographs and souvenirs.

3. mont Blanc (the "white mountain"), whose summit for a distance of 7,000 feet down is covered with perpétuai snow, is the highest peak (15,785 feet) of the Alps. The definite article is used before the name of a single mountain; so le Vésuve, " Vesuvius."