APPENDIX

123, 6. Fauhourg Saint-Germain, a district west of Paris, on the lefc bank of the Seine, where the nobility dwell ; it takes its name from the celebrated church and monastery, Saint - Germain - des - Prés, founded about 543-

123, 31. Section, by a decree of the National Assembly, June

22, 1790, Paris was divided into forty-eight sections.

124, 12. lonrnces, see p. 40, I. 11.

17. Le pjont au Change, a very old bridge in Paris ; in II41 Louis VII. allowed the money-changers to carry on their business there. 17-18. Tlacc de la Révolution, formerly " Place Louis XV. ;" there was in the centre a statue of Louis XV. on horseback, surrounded by emblematic figures ; on the pedestal of this monument epigrams were occasionally found,of which the following are spécimens: — Grotesque monument, infâme piédestal, Les vertus sont à pied, le vice est à cheval.

Il est ici comme à Versailles,

Il est sans cœur et sans entrailles.

127, 3. Flibustiers, a band of adventurers who, from i56o, were

constantly attacking Spanish settlements.

128, 30. Ccnstitutionnel, one who believes in a monarchy hmited

by a constitution.