courir ventre à terre = to run at f uU speed

5. Toujours est-il (Toujours hère = encore)^ still it is afact*

Pagr6 12. — I. acquaiuoli (pron. acquaïoli), waier-sellers.

2. lazzaroni, Italian plural of lazzarone, people of the lowest class of the Napolitan population = "loafers"or "loungers" who are generally also beggars.

3. cabans, overcoats worn by the "lazzaroni"; they hâve a hood.

4. corricolo, Italian ; a kind of carriage. See f urther explanation in the text.

5. à tire-d'aile = at fuU speed; literally : "so fast that the wing remains behind, so that the bird has to drag (tirer) it along."

Pag^ 13. — I. Sorrente, Sorrento. A city on the southern shore of the Bay of Naples, on the peninsula that séparâtes the Bay of Naples from that of Salerno.

2. à son endroit, à l'endroit de, prep. phrase, "with respect" or "regard to"; translate: with regard to him.