APPENDIX

193, 6, Faubourg Saint-Germain, a district west of Paris, on the left 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.

199, 31. Section, by a decree of the National Assembly, June 22, 1790, Paris was divided into forty-eight sections.

194, 12. Fournées, see p. 40, 1. 11.

17, Le pont au Charge, a very old bridge in Paris 3 in 1141 Louis VIT, allowed the money-changers to carry on their business there.

7-18, Place 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 occssionally found,of which the following are specimens:—

Grotesque monument, infâme piédestal, Les vertus sont à pied, le vice est à ch

Il est ici comme à Versailles, Il est sans cœur et sans entrailles

197, 3. Flibustiers, a band of adventurers who, from 1660, were constantly attacking Spanish settlements.

198, 30. Constitutio: nel, one who believes in a monarchy limited by a constitution,