I. •27. jonchée, strevvn, from jonc, a rush

1. 29. la citadelle d'Athènes, assiégée par les Turcs. Athens capitulated on the i7th of May, 1827.

1. 32. On li'a pas voitlic. See Lord Byron's ' Childe Harold,' canto II. st. II, 12, 13.

1. 34. garnison, garrison, from garnir, in its flrst sensé of to défend, thus

"de Saragoce ChdLxlts guarnîst les tors."

(Chanson de Roland.)

1. 36. ce génércKx Français. The officer alluded to hère is gênerai Fabvier [1782 — 1855]; lie had started for Greece in 1823. He became a peer of France (1845), and was sent as ambassador to Constantinople in 1848.

I. 39. Le traité... Tht date of the treaty is really July 6th; it was signed between England, France and Russia ; Sir A. Alison calls it "the corner-stone of Greek independence, and one of the most glorious diplomatie acts of which modem Europe can boast." {History of Europe, 2nd séries, vol. m.)

P. XV. 1. 8. Une réponse éloquente et simple... gtnexdl Sébastian! (Horace) [1775— 185 1], mentioned hère, had been Frencli ambassador at Constantinople in 1806.