la voie Consulaire, the Consular street

5. annonce de location à la rubrique. Rubrique, hère "red chalk," thus: the sign " Ta let^^ written with red chalk.

6. atlas de terre cuite, terra cotta statues of Atlas. Atlas, king of Mauritania and son of Jupiter, was condemned by the latter to carry the sky on his shoulders, because in the war between the gods of Olympus and the Titans, Atlas had taken side with the Titans. The statues of Atlas always represent him as supporting a sphère or some other heavy load.

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Page 100, — I. mirent bas leurs habits, took off their coats.