où se mirait le cocotier, in which the eocoa-iree kxz

reJUeted.

144» — 6. O'est en marchandant, it was whiie bargaining for. Note the constant use of the présent c^est in such expressions, where we use the past in English, 9. un pauvre diable à Toeil terne, a poor fellow with dim eyes. Note the euphemism in the translation of diable, A literal rendering would be positively incorrect.

10. les dents noires de bétel, the teeth are dark frcm ehewing bétel. See Note 143-5.

18. notre bleu au gfrand feu, like our hlwe after being baked by a hotfire. An expression used by painters on porcelain. After painting it is exposed sometimes to a hot, sometîmes to a slow, fire. This gives rise to the expression, au grand feu or au petit feu^ the baking making the coloring very strong and rich.