il craignit d'avoir. — " He feared ho had

1. 11. ;5(i)v'//oJi tZe rféco«yer<e meaiis the signal agreed on in case any of th-ni should discover land.

1. 11. tira un coup de canon. — " Fired a canon sliot." fZfi 7o/c is dillicult to translate ; \ve may say " for joy," but this is not very exact; it is u>ed in a spécial seuse and seeins to mean "siich as would be Hred at a célébration." Compare : feu de joie, " boiitire."