Raison de plus, ail the more reason

7. l' écharpe municipale, hère the municipal scarf wom by mayors in Planée; it is generally the insignia of municipal officers in France.

8. arrondissement, district; France consists of the following administrative divisions and subdivisions : département^ arrondissementy canton^ and commune — the latter being the smallest of such subdivisions.

Pagre 8. — 1. et après? andthen? î.e. "after that"

2. Conseiller général, the foremost officiai of a French department is called préfet^ " prefect ". He is assisted by a conseil général,

3. député, deputyy sl member of the Chamber of Deputies which corresponds to our House of Représentatives.

4. J'aborderais la tribune, I shculd mount the tribune ; members of the Chamber of Deputies do not speak from their seats, as with us, but from a tribune or rostrum erected near the Président.

5. ça bouillonne, they arefull of excitement ; lit., " it bubbles. "