grain, squall hère

3. blessures. Old wounds are apt to ache under low barometric pressures.

Page 184. — i. Anvers, Antwerp, The Cathedral there is dedicated to the Virgin under this invocation.

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2. soyons nous-mêmes notre providence. This phrase gives the due to the Ferryman's self-reliant character.

PAge 185* — I. Rupelmonde, for Rupelmund^ a town near Antwerp at the junction of the Schelde and the Rupel rivers- Gâvres is intended for " Wâvre-Ste-Catherine," near Rupelmund.

Page 186. — i. Galloise, better 6^a/^iV^, defined by Godefroy in the "Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française" as "femme qui aime le plaisir." The word is connected with Gaul, Gallic and traditions of French frivolity.