Pourvu que la guerre etc. — See note, page

88. De quel bois Je me chatte. — What métal I am made of. AncterUj vétérans, ^- The tiret of thèse words is in gênerai use in veiy

familiar style ; preceded by the article, it is used in addressing those who hâve been longer engagea in some pursait than the speaker, as Bonjour l'ancien l Vétéran^ on the contrary, is applied specially to a soldier no longer in active senice, and is not deemed a titie 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 vioUm^ U y ade la place pour s'' Signer. — Behind the lockup, there is room to hâve it out. S'aligner is properly, to fall into line ; it is freç^uentlv used as above in the sensé of, to fight, but only in veiy fitmiliar style.

89. Qui se fendait — Who was making a lunge, or thrust. £ooU de pâoUm. — Squad-drill.

90. Le brave des braves. — The bravest of the brave. Le. Marshal Ney. He won this name ôx)ni the army at Friedland in 1807.

91. Gamisaires. — Bailiff's men, officers placed in the houses of tazpayere in airears, popularly called 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 Fronch from tiie territory of Germany. It was dîssolved in 1816.