J'ayals doue aos, ' I was twelve' (idiom

12. Je me souTiens . • . étais, < I remember those times so vividly that I can almost fancy myself there.' Lit. ' I still remember this time as if I were there/ again living those same days. Des sentinients : des because se souvenir^ * to remember,' governs the genitive : se rappeler is active.

13. Deux espilto . . . piraterie. ' Two splrîts swelled the sails of our ships, the spirit of glory and the spirit of piracy ' : a strong metaphor, with a play upon the word esprit : in the first case = * two genii,' who are represented as the spirit of glory and the spirit of piracy, i,e, of preying upon the enemy's ships for the sake of booty.

18. bourdonnait, * rang,' lit. * buzzed.' Compare Bourdon^ a huge bell : the ' bourdon * of Notre Dame is the largest bell of that ancient cathedral of Paris. Usually = * bumble-bee.*