en avait . . . six, 'was eighteen {se, miles) at least

37. la Corse. • Corsîca ' an island W. of Italy and S. of France in the Mediterranean, now a Department of France, was surrendered to the French by the Genoese in 1768. It was the birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte.

38. traînant la Sardalgne à sa suite, 'dragging Sardinia behind it,* a figure of speech. Sardinia, an island S. of Corsîca, is now part of the kingdom of Italy.

39. la Sicile, * Sicily,* the largest island in the Mediterranean (' Trinacria * of the ancients, * Triangular *), is part of the kingdom of Italy.

40. devait éclairer la route, 'was to reconnoitre,' lit. *keep a look-out on our road,' * see that it was clear.* Eclairer = generally * to light up,' also * to reconnoitre,* éclaireur^ m., =

* a scout. *

41. avant-garde, ' van-guard,* pi. avant-gardes (from avant ^

* before,' garde ^ * guard *).

43. l'Etna, * Mount Etna,* volcano in the east of Sicily. ^4. la Favaniane, * Favignana Island,' a little N. W. of Marsala. Mount Eryx near Marsala.

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44. Harsala . . . ▼apeurs, * Mafsala, the " Lilybseum " of the ancients, peeped through its mist.* A small town in S.W. of Sicily, famous for its wine.