ni feu ni lieu, either hearth nor home

3. auberge de la Belle-Etoile, der the open sky ; lit., “the inn of the beautiful star.”

Page 15.— 1. fait l’effet, seems.

2. Honfleur is a small town at the mouth of the Seine opposite Havre.

Page 16.— 1. Villerville is a small village situated a short distance west of Honfleur.

2. médiocrité dorée, comfortable circumstances ; an allusion to one of Horace’s poems.

3. Ave, Maris Stella, Æas/ ! Star of the Sea ; the first words of a Roman Catholic hymn.

4 Le Havre, a very important seaport of northwestern France on the British Channel, is situated about 135 miles northwest of Paris.

5. Ingouville . . . Sainte-Adresse, both of which are suburbs of Havre, are situated on high cliffs overlooking the sea.

Page 17.— 1. bercé dans le calme, rocked in the cradle of the sea. 2. Messager du Havre, à xewspaper published at Havre, 3- matelotte normande, see page 1, note 7.

4. pare à virer, a maritime expression like our “ Hard alee!” meaning here; get out of the way.