assalBonnés de safran, *seasoned with saffron

135. pastèques, ' water-melons.' 13a à côté de liil= * by his side.*

139. ployer . . . jambes, * cross bis long legs Turkish fashion,' ^ la {se, manière) turque. Compare à la frafiçaisey à r anglaise = ^ ^.ïitx the French, English fashion.*

139. donna un grand coup de coude, ' nudged hard.' Lit. *gave a hard blow with his elbow {coude, m., Lat. cubïtum, m. = *elbôw')to.*

142. Tiens . . . des siennes, ' Halle ! now Ali-Bonaparte is up to one of his tricks.* Lit. * Hère *s A. B. who is going to do to us (play upon us) one of his {i,e. little tricks).' Faire des siennes (idiom.)=: ' to p]ay one*s pranks.*