Cerbère . . . Eurydice. Cerberus was the three-headed

dog who guarded the under-world. When Orpheus descended in

search of his dead wife Eurydice, he lulled the monster to sleep.

Page 172. 1. 9. quenouilles de maïs, ' sticks of Indian corn.'

Page 173. 1. 22. Itinéraire. See Introduction.

Page 174. 1. 25. dans V Essai sur les révolutions et dansAtala. The descriptions are in the second part of the Essai, Book I, Chapter xxiii, and in the épilogue of Atala.

Page 175. 11. 9, 10, 11. Velléda . . . Cymodocée . . . Blanca . . . Velleda was a prophetess of the Germani in the time of Vespasian (a.d. 69-79). Velleda is also the name of the priestess loved by Eudore Cymodocée, the heroine of Chateaubriand's Martyrs. She was a heathen who to become the wife of the Christian

Eudore cmbraces Christianity and suffers martyrdom with her husband. Velléda and Cymodocée are charming créations of this prose poem.

Blancais found in Le Dernier des' Abencérages by Chateaubriand. This work is a pure fiction suggested by the old Moorish knights of Granada, and the struggles between Moors and Christians. Blanca, the heroine, is supposed to be descended from the famous Cid de Bivar and Chimene.

1. 17. des zones d'azur de Terni et de Tivoli. The ' belts of blue ' refer to the falls of Terni and Tivoli in Italy.