musique, hère, band

8. celle du 96e ne valait pas grand'chose, that (the band) of the qôth (régiment of infantry) was not good for much.

9. queues, people standing in Une. During the siège ail provision stores were under the control of the government and objects of necessity were sold at a price fixed by the city authorities. Hence the people had to stand in Une and wait their turn to make their purchases.

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Page 24. — ■ r. sans gaz, without gas-light. In the latter part of the siège, the supply of coal gave out and no gas could be provided.

2. parties de bouchon, a game in which coins are placed on a cork standing in the center of a circle drawn on the ground. With another coin, the players try to knock the cork dovvn ; if they succeed in doing so and if the coins that were on the cork remain inside of the circle, they belong to the player, but if, on the other hand, they roll outside of the circle, the player has te add to the coins already on the cork an amount equal to those which rolled outside of it.