Schnaps. — Gkrman, Schnapps; used for any raw spirits

191. Tous dettx étaient perdus. — ^Both would bave been lost. Kotice the peculiar use of the imperfect, instead of the compound tense of the conditional.

En marchant sur son tambour. — By going in the direction of the drum-beat of his own régiment.

193. Tous ceux gui nous en voulaient. — ^AU those who had anything against us.

198. Fourniment. — This word, which now means accoutrements, is hère used in its old sensé of dressing-case.

199. Tu viens d^en écha/pper d*une belle. — ^You bave just had a narrow escape of it. The expression in common use is l'échapper belle; thi^ as well as many other phrases in which the word belle is used idiomatically, is taken from the game of tennis, the word balle being understood.