en faisant le gros dos, putting up his back

Page 19. —1t. voila quiest extraordinaire, wed/, that is curious!

Strictly speaking, it ought to be guelgue chose gui instead of gui, but after voila this guelgue chose is regularly omitted.

2. c’est que, “he fact is; but it may as well be omitted in translation.

3. n’en faites rien, de grace, for goodness’ sake, do nothing of the hind !

4. ne saurait servir de nourriture 4 un chrétien, cannot do as food for a Christian ; the conditional of savoir, used with the negative ze, but without fas, has the meaning of “ cannot.”

5. que-Moumouth s’arrange, Aoumouth must manage as he best can,

Page 20.—1. pour faire périr ; do not say “cause to perish,” but find the suitable English rendering. .

2. il s’arréta A, lit. “he stopped at,” trans. he decided on.