REFERENCES

References are freely made in the notes to Lessons in Frevch, Fasquelle-Sykes ; for example, IL, 2ü6, 4, siii!'nifyin<>- Part IL, section 206, sub section 4. References such as 68, 3 refer to the page and line of the text of this volume .

Page 1. Line 1. — Amsterdam, or Amsteldam, is the chief city of Holland. Its population in 1880 was 326,195.

Built where the Amstel (1. 4) joins the ly, an arm of the Zuider Zee (1. 5), almost the whole city rests on piles.

Canals (1. 10), bordered with trees, run down the middle of its streets. Among its niany great public buildings is the Orphan Asylum (1. 15).