LA FONTAINE 'S FABLES

Notes.

LA CIGALE ET LA FOURMI. This fable is an imitation of the one found in iEsop's fables No 401, under the title of Térri^ y.ai Mûpirf)X£ç. Whenever we 'shall bave occasion to mention jEsop's fables, oui- quotations, or numbers will invariably refer to Karl Halm's Edition of ^sop's fables in tbe Bibliotheca scriptorum Grœcoruvi et Eomanointm Teubneriana. Line 4. bise, 'north wind' that is the 'winter'.

7. elle alla crier famine, 'she went and eomplained of famine'.