abattis, barricade

Page 57. — i. tourbillonner, to whirl^ to turn.

2. s^ écouler, speaking of liquids, to Jlow away ; here to disperse.

3. les trois queues, the three horse-tailsy which were borne as an emblem before a pacha of the highest rank. While they were not really horse-tails, but tails of the bos grunniens, the custom has prevailed to call them horse-tails.

NOTES

Page 58. — i. combler, to fill up,