tantôt . . . tantôt, fiow . . . now

Pag-e 78. — i. de frapper, with laymg.

2. coup d'état, "a sudden, décisive exercise of power, whereby the existing government is subverted without the concert of the people; an unexpected measure of state more or less violent." — Webster.

Page 79. — i. Macri, a port on the southwest coast of Asia Minor.

Pag-e 80. — I. Bataille de Canope. This is known in English history as " the Battle of Alexandria." Canopus was a town of ancient Egypt, iifteen miles east of Alexandria. Ail that remains is a heap of ruins.

Pag-e 81. — I. on allait avoir, etc., besides the English they woîild hâve (on their hands) to deal with.