faites demi -tour à gauche, ' turn round' (i.e. 'drive

back'). Demi-four is not the English 'half-turn,' but a turn through half a circle, i.e. ' about-turn. ' A gauche, because abroad carriages drive on the right side of the road. Strictly speaking, this is a military comniand, e.g. demi-tour / droite ! ' right about turn ! '

,, 17. méchantes baraques : distinguish between un méchant homme, 'a vvicked man,' and un homme méchant, 'a spiteful nian.' The English ' barracks ' is the French caserne (feni.)

,, 18. entonnoir : lit. ' funnel' (i.e. the shape of the gorge of St. Gervais-Les-Bains) ; translate 'hole. '

,, 23. et les vingt-deux cantons : i.e. Switzerland. In 1815 the Svviss Cantons were brought to the présent total of twentytwo. The Treaty of Paris (1815) recognised the perpétuai neutrality of Switzerland, and guaranteed the integrity and inviolability of its territory within the new liniits.