fromentacée, of wheat-fields

Page 139. 1. 11. où nous étalions la marée, 'where we had anchored during the intervais of the contrary tide.'

1. 15. porté par Cybèle. Chateaubriand probably means that thus far the French Révolution had only made itseîf felt on land. and so its flag was borne by Cybele, the goddess of the earth.

Page 140. 1. 1. serrer la voile du perroquet de fougue, ' to take in the raizzen top-sail.'