matelote normande, a Norman chowder

Page 2.— 1. rasé contre terre, far on the ground, crouchtng. 2. fit = dit.

Page 3.— 1. pas mal aisé, “ not badly easy ; ” trans., gurfe easy.

Page 4.— 1. par tous les soleils, #y 4e sun of every clime.

2. il écartait un peu les jambes en marchant, 4e walked with a rolling gait; lit, ‘“spread his legs in walking.”

Page 5,— 1. qui n’en pouvait mais, #40 could not help it. A œm-

. mon idiom in which #ais retains its old meaning of ‘“ more.”

2. retira sous sa tente, allusion to the account in Homers Iliad of Achilles withdrawing to his tent when insulted by Agamemnon. 3- à des titres différents, for different reasons.

Page 6.— 1. sur la sienne, /rom er.