sans limites, limitless

Page 92. — 1. Livingstone (David, 1813-1873), the celebrated African explorer, born in Scotland, died in Africa.

Page 93. — I. n'est autre que, is none other than.

Page 95. — I. des polypiers, groups of polyps, aquatic animais which form coral by the sécrétion of calcareous matter.

2. l'iceberg ; this word has not been regularly admitted into French; the common expression is montagne de glace.

Page 96. — 1. où se sont succédés les êtres, upon which successive générations of living créatures hâve lived.

Page 97. — 1. qu'il, que used instead of repeating quand.

2. en un siècle ; with référence to time en, as distinguished from

dans, means properly "in the course of"; dans tm siècle would mean " by the end of a century."

Page 98. — i. n'eût-il; cf. page 12, note 2.

2. il n'en a pas moins dû atteindre, it must none the less hâve reached. The word en stands for the idea contained in the previous clause.