APPENDIX

123, 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.

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

124, 12. Fournées, see p. 40, L 11.

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

17-18, 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 occasionally found,of which the following are specimens:—

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 1660, were constantly attacking Spanish settlements.

128, 3o. Constitutionnel, one who believes in a monarchy limited by a constitution.