la chienne de vie, this dog's life. Slang

Page 36. — 1. Vilna, a city in Russian Poland.

Page 39. — 1. fiche, throw. Slang. See p. 32, note 2.

Page 40. — 1. roquentin, dotard.

Page 41. — 1. Strasbourg, a French city from 1681 to 1871. ^ïow German.

Page 42. — 1. Auvergne, formerly a province in central France, corresponding to the modem departments Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and part of Haute-Loire.