L Avant-train.— Limb ors

97r— 7* Découvrir V Amérique, etc— He constantly thought he was falling In love for the first time, while In reality he was, etc.

Ï8. — 14. La cour du quartier. — The barrack -yard.

15. Entrait joyeusement en campagne.— Wasstarting cheerfully on his round.

U. Louis.— Twenty franca » $3. 72.

7ft. — SI. Griserie. — Intoxication.

8ft.— 16. La Tunisie.— The Kroumira, a tribe of fierce Tunisian mountaineers, having made repeated raids on French territory In Algeria, an expedition, under General Forgemol, entered Tunis in April 1981, and with some opposition marched on Tunis, the Kronmlra being beaten at Ben-Brehlr and Oued- Zane. On the 12th May a treaty was signed, by which the Bey, Mahomed-el-Sadok, acknowledged the French protectorate. In June an Insurrection broke out In Sf ax, and a second expedition, accompanied by a fleet, was seat to put It down. Sfttx,

Gabes, Tunis, and " the holy dty " of Kalrwao wen successively occupied. Tunis has sine» remained tinder French control.

81.— 6. ftstfemoûeflea.— The young ladles. Cfca forms a gallicism here, being used Instead of the article. SS. Dr» /oK tance.— A nice little pile. A gaming term.

(4. — 20. ltownae. — Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, viscount of Tucennc, one of the greateet generals of France HI» victories largely contributed to the success of the negotiations by which the peace of Westphalia «as secured. He won a brilliant victory at Nordlingen over the Imperialists in 1616. After the war of the Fronde he defeated the famous Coudé at Arras and Dunkirk (les Dunes). He was appointed by Lonls XIV Marshal-general of the armies of the king. His victories over the Imperialists at Mulhauaen, Golmar and Turokhelms, cleared Alsace of the enemy. His devastation of the Palatinate is a blot on his fame. He was killed at Salzbach In 1675, while preparing for battle. Fleohier's OraisonfxmSbre on Turenno is that preachers masterpiece, and In Bossuet's Oraison Funibre on Oondé there is a splendid contrast between the two commanders. Mdroe de Sévlgné in her letters describes the consternation caused by the hero's death and the universal sorrow felt In France.

88,— M. LaphÀne de Poesy.— A suburb of Paris, much frequented by French writers.— Bosslnl and Lamartine both died at Passy, and Borangor, Jules Janui and Benjamin Franklin also lived there.

La plaine de Monceau.— The parc Monoeaux and Its vicinity, beyond th« Avenue des Champs Elysées on the other. The Pare Monceaux was originally planted for Philippe d'Orléans, father of Louis- Philippe.

8*.— -21 Be montent, de.— They ride uncommonly well. 35. Mieux appareillés. — Better matched.

•ft.— 4. Sur va due—A. phteton fitted for four horses. 6. Nous menons à quatre. — We drive four in hand, 14. JI n'avait pas eu dt>jlair,—ïï.6 had not been sharp ensuah.

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IS. Senti de ta bottée, eentiâe la hait***.— Speculated on a fall, on a rise.

91.— *. Faubourg St. Germain.— The quarter of Paris lying on the left bank of the Seine, between the Invalides and the Luxembourg. When the first Empire was Inaugurated the old aristocracy which, since 1688, bad made the Faubourg Its headquarters, assumed as a distinctive appellation the name of the Faubourg Itself; the new aristocracy of the Empire settled la the districts of Salnt-Honore and the Ohaussée d' Antin.