la grande sève. Render by * the great rising of the sap

6. avaient pris du bois. Lit. ' bad taken wood,' Le. 'had bardened into wood.' Cf. prendre du bois, p. 51, 1. 21.

9. au grand soleil. Cf. au grand air, être au grand complet, au

grand galop. Grand in thèse phrases bas the sensé of 'midst of,' 'full of,' e.g. 'in the full sun,' *in the open air.'

10. le hardier. This word, meaning a ' herdsman,' is not French, though the noun harde (from German Herde), * a herd,' or 4 a leash for dogs,' is French. The word is a Franco-Gernian provinoialisin of Alsace-Lorraine.

16. nos chèvres, à nous autres. This corresponds to • onr goats belonging to,' etc. Do not translate autres? for which see note to p. 4, 1. 27.

25. le bangard. The French for this provincial word, which means the guard of the ban or district, is le garde champêtre, ' the rural policeman.'

30. le rifleur. This is provincial slang for le bourreau. The verb rifler means to ' file ' or * plane.'

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5. de drôles de choses. Drôle is an adjective, and therefore has de before it, not des. The singular is c'est une drôle de chose. Lit. ' it is a queer thing of a thing.' Render by a ' queer thing,' * queer things.'

11. ne valaient pas grancTchose. Grand? chose, always used with a négative, corresponds to the English ■ no great things.' See also note to p. 4, 1. 13.

18. chanoine. See note to p. 6, L 29. The canon, like modem district visitors, distributes alms.

23. à coups de pierres. Render simply by * with stones.' The word coup must be rendered or omitted to suit the context. Its use in French is very extensive indeed ; e.g. coup de fusil, de fouet, de chapeau, de brosse, de main, d'ceil, d'État, de vin, etc.; manquer son coupt etc.; à coup sûr, tout à coup, encore un coup, eto.

3. faire battre les bêtes. Reader battre by • figbV the correct French for which is se battre (lit ' give one another blows '). The omission of se ia due to faire.