seconder. The r is pronounced as 2Lg

4. Otrante, Otranto, in South Italy, at the mouth of the Adriatic, now merely a fishing village. It was once a great port, of communication between Italy and Greece. It is the scène of Horace Walpole*s "Castle of Otranto," famous as a precursor of.' the mediaeval novels, made celebrated by Scott.

5. Ferdinand et Isabelle. Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella. of Castile (the patroness of Columbus).

6. gendarmerie, heavy soldiery, Distinguish this obsolète meaning from the modem one of "police."

Page 5. — I. Je n'en puis plus, I am tired ont

2. Je ne sais plus que dire. Note that the que is not part of. the négative construction ne que^ ** only," as in the following sentence, il ne me reste qu*à pleurer,