lanterne, hère, lamp-house

Page 69. — r. Tenez, hère, indeed.

2. Plutarque, i.e. Plwtarch's Livcs, a learned collection of biographies of fa mous Greeks and Romans, written by the celebrated Greek historian Plutarch, who was boni in the year 50 a.d. and died in 120.

3. gros poids d'horloges qu'on remontait, of big dock weights, that were being wound up; the light in this lighthouse was a revolving light put in motion by clockwork.

Page 70. — 1. par exemple, hère, indeed.

2. lampe Carcel, so called after the inventor's name, burned végétal oil and was much in use before the discovery of petroleum in America.

3. Démétrius de Phalère (345-283 b.c.), one of the famous men included in Plutarch's Lives, was a Greek orator, statesman, and historian.

L'Élixir du Révérend Père Gaucher

Page 71. — 1. Vous m'en direz des nouvelles, a very familiar expression; trans., yon will tJiink it is fine.