le mil en train, ' started him off

Page 26. 1. 8. le comte d'Artois, afterwards Charles X, was the younger brother of Louis XVI. He paid a state visit to St. Malo in the year 1777.

1. 33. Pierre de Langres. In spite of much research we hâve not succeeded in discovering anything about this Pierre de Langres.

Page 28. 1. 26. la péninsule armoricaine, the peninsula of Brittany. Armorique (Lat. Armorica) is the ancient name of Brittany.

Page 29. 1. 19. des futaies à cépées de houx, 'old growths of holly bushes.'

1. 20. dolmens, ' dolmens,' the horizontal stones in Druidic remains.

1. 25. pélagiennes, ' bordering on the sea ' (Lat. pelaqus, ' the sea. ' )

1. 35. les Néréides. Chateaubriand saw this bas-relief in the

island of Ceos. The Nereids are the nymphs of the Mediterranean, and Ceres is the goddess of agriculture.

Page 30. I. 19. glands de pourpre aux quatre coins de Vimpériale, ' with purple acorns hung at the four corners of the roof.'

1. 30. Cancale. This typical Breton fishing village still remains much as Chateaubriand knew it. It is noted for its oyster beds.

1. 35. des friches à peine écrêtées, ' fallow-lands with the surface scarcely levelled.'