De quel bois je me chauffe. — What métal I am made of

Anciens, vétérans. — The hrst of thèse words is in gênerai use in very familiar style; preceded by the article, it is used in addressing those who hâve been longer engaged in some pnrsuit than the speaker, as Bonjour l'ancien! Vétéran, on the contrary, is applied specially to a soldier no longer in active service, and is not deemed a title of honor when used for one actually performing military duty; hence the distinction that is kept up in the speeches of the conscripts throughout this work.

Derrière le violon, il y a de la place pour s'aligner. — Behind the lockup, there is room to hâve it out. S'aligner is properly, to fall into line; it is frequently used as above in the sensé of, to iight, but only in very familiar style.

£9. Qui se fendait. — Who was making a lunge, or thrust. Ecole de peloton. — Squad-drill.

90. Le brave des braves. — The bravest of the brave, i.e. Marshal Ney. He won this name from the army at Fnedland in 1807.

91. Garnisaires — Bailiff's men, officers placed in the houses of taxpayers in arrears, popularly cailed mangeurs.

93. Tugend-Bund. — Literally, the bond of virtue; a secret society formed by the students in Germany in 1813, having for its object the expulsion of the French from the territory of Germany. It was dissolved in 1815.