que des Portugais, that of the Portuguese

1. 25. crétins, a species of idiots, frequently dwarfed in stature, and afflicted with the goitre or swollen throat, who unfortunately abound in the upper valley of the Rhône. According to Littré the word is from the German Kreidling, the dérivation of which is uncertain : but it is aiso supposed to be a doublet of c/^nW^w ; comp. benêt=\à\Qt, doublet oï béni — blessed, because idiots and weak-minded people are supposed to be under the immédiate protection of God, from a misinterpretation of the passage in the Gospel: 'Blessed are the poor in spirit.' Crétin is used metaphorically in the sensé of a do%\naright fool.

1. 27. il en coûte, âx'c., it is excessively painful, lit. it costs very much : "it" is in apposition to "de voir," and "en" is redundant.

1. 30. une sorte de vivacité qui tient, â^c, a kind of vivacity due to the astonishment, &c.

P. 25, 1. 2. il y en a une, there is some (compensation).

1. 10. une cascade, probably that of Vernayaz, well known to travellers in the Rhône Valley.