les fonds de boutique, remuants

Page 70. — I. jetée. The north pier is a favorite promenade in Havre.

Page 71. — I- les quatre fers d'un chien, an emphatic way of saying iwthing at ail, as fers means iron shoes.

Page 72. — i. qui a su se tirer d'affaire, who knew how to make his way in the world.

Page 73. — i- Ingouville, formerly an independent town, one mile north of Havre. It is now annexed to Havre.

2. Granville, a fortified seaport town in Manche, at the foot of a rocky promontory projecting into the English Channel.

Page 74. — i- Mon père tendait son ventre, i.e. he stretched himself up, and threw back his shoulders; or threw out his chest.

Page 75. — i. l'écailleur = V écailler, '' oyster-opener.'"

Page 78. — i. cinquante. Supply r^wZ/w^j.

Page 79. — i • Il y en avait pour trois francs ? was there three francs' worth ?

2. Saint-Malo, a seaport town of France on the English channel.

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Pag-e 80. — I. était au complet, had been fnU.

2. Cannes, a seaport town of France on the Mediterranean. The mildness of its climate renders it a favorable winter resort.

3. Tarascon, a town of France, on the Rhône, made famous by Daudet's three novels devoted to Tartarin, which describe the place and its inhabitants.