Ont-ils pas = W'ontils pas

Page 24.—1. il n’y a qu’elles pour . . ., #%ey are the only birds capable to...

2. N'y a pas..., colloquial for #7 n’y a pas... Translate: No fear of that. — pour ce que c’est beaul #£af (ie. the nest) ss not so nice. |

3. où la ...aurait pu tenir, ##7 which there would have been room enough for all the mail received within one year by all the inhabitants of the village.

Page 25.—1. La Saint-Robert — /a jéte de Saint Robert, the patron saint of the priest. The French do not, as a rule, celebrate birthdays, but congratulate their relatives and intimate friends on the occasion of their patron saints’ days.