pour que les arbres, etc., for the trees , . . to

Pag-e 53. — i. Il en est enfin qui, finally, there are some which.

Page 54. — I. Il écoute, il retient, he Hstens, etc. The il hère stands for le voyageur, page i^, line 2S. Cf. page 55, Une 27, of text.

Page 55. — i. De Tocqueville is in error about Michi-coiitéouinque being the Indian name of Flint River, — it signifies "bumt plain," but was a term sometimes used to designate the région. An Indian friend of the author says the name for Flint River was Fe-won-mik-o-wine-sebeetig, sometimes merely Pe-ivon-nuk-ening, and an examination of early records and pioneer reports shows that this was the common name.

Page 57 — i. très encaissée, tuith very high banks. 2. de la même manière qu'auparavant, in the same manner as before.

Page 58. — i. dussions, -were to, should.

Page 59. — I. "o^vXtiW^ à.' osier, wicker jî as k.

2. L'Indien parut alors violemment combattu, then the Indian appeared to be having a great struggle with himself.

3. Quelque habitué que, however accustomed. Quelque hère is an adverbial, and combined with que requires the subjunctive {parût).

Page 61. — I. De Tocqueville bas recorded in more than one place his surprise at the way the French of America has preserved its original dialect flavor. Commenting upon an excursion by canoë near the outlet of Lake Superior, made while visiting Sault Sainte Marie, he wrote: "Singulier effet que produit sur nous cette langue française là à la fin du monde avec son vieil idiome et son accent provincial." And again, speaking of the lawyers of Québec: " Ils parlent français avec l'accent normand des classes movennes."

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It is a well-known fact that large numbers of the original colonists of Canada came from Normandy and the coast sections of northern France.