qii'on le descende, 'helj) him off his horse

1. 20. hagard, 'wild', 'haggard' ; hagard was originally applied to falcons ; it is derived fiom /za/c', 'hedge' (Lat. haga), and was used of birds that live in the hedges, wild.

1. 27. nous sommes partis à huit, 'we started off eight together'.

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1. 20. r ennemi tire à poudre, ' the enemy ai^e firing blank cartridges'.

1. 36. s'' emportant, 'getting angry'; emporter =''io carry avvay', s'emporter^ 'to let oneself be carried away' by one's passion, i.e. 'to get angry' or 'fly into a passion'.

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