La Fayette. See note to p

1. 19. Lauzun was one of the chief favourites of Louis XIV. He quarrelled with the king on more than one occasion, but returned repeatedly to favour. He aspired to the hand of Mlle de Montpensier, the king's cousin, to whom he is supposed to hâve been secretly married.

La Rochejaquelein (1772-1794) was the heroic leader of the Royalist cause in La Vendée. After the imprisonment of Louis XVI, in 1792, Rochejaquelein joined the forces of the refractorv royalists and ultimately succeeded his friend Lescure as their leader. He won Beveral small engagements against the

troops of the Révolution, and was killed in the Battle of Nouaillé in 1794. His oration to his soldiers is remembered even more than his constancy to a lost cause : — ' Si je recule, tuez-moi ; si j'avance, suivez-moi ; si je meurs, vengez-moi.'

Page 129. 1. 10. benoît, ' canting.'

me faisait prendre le change, ' made me go astray.' 1. 21. Mirabeau. See note to p. 113, 1. 22. 1. 35. un homme que rien ne pouvait remplacer, Mirabeau, i.e. 1. 37. de la France ou de moi. Notice the pleonastic use of de in an alternative question.

Page 130. 1. 2Q. à mes risques et périls explorées et découvertes, * explored and discovered at my own risk and péril.'

Page 131. 1. 19. autochthones, ' indigenous.' Greek avroxôav, belonging to the land itself.

Page 132. 1. 23. on a pris hauteur, '. they hâve taken the altitude so as to obtain the latitude.'

1. 25. On a fait le point, ' They hâve worked the day's work of the ship so as to ascertain her exact position.'

1. 29. sabliers. Sand glasses are used on board ship when heaving the log.

1. 30. des procellaria, the scientific name of the stormy pétrel, called by sailors Mother Carey's chickens.