huttes, ' housed

1. 38. Vexclamateur. It is impossible to tell to which bird the author alludes as he gives no other name but this word exclamateur which is not really French.

Page 167. 1. 11. une glace sans tain, 'an unsilvered pièce of plate -glass.'

1. 19. sachem, ' chief.' A sachem is proper'y one of the fathors of a tribe which form its council.

Page 168. 1.25. VeUy. L'abbé Velly (1709-1759) was a Jesuit priest who commenced an exhaustive History of France, of

which he only complétée! the iirst seven volumes, earrying the history down to the reign of Philippe le Bel. The work was af terwards continued by other hands.