au lieu que 'whilst

47. la principale jonchée, 'de cadavres' must be understood after jonchée.

55. esquivent for s'esquivent. This verb is never used now except as a reflexive verb.

XXXVIII. LE SINGE ET LE DAUPHIN. iEsop's fable 363. Line 8. fort ami, 'very friendly'.

10. Pline, 'Pliny', the celebrated naturalist died who during the erruption of Vesuvius in 79 A. D. He speaks of this in Lib. IX. Cap VIII.